Yo Cambio — Monique Jaques

Workers at the Yo Cambio school assist children in the nursery and return them to their mothers on the maximum security side of the prision for a lunch break. They return to the school at 1pm and stay till 3:30.Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

Two year old children dance and sing while watching a cartoon. Workers at the Yo Cambio school assist children in the nursery and return them to their mothers on the maximum security side of the prision for a lunch break. They return to the school at 1pm and stay till 3:30.Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

A guard searched the backpacks of children as contraband can be smuggled across prisons through the childrens bags.Workers at the Yo Cambio school assist children in the nursery and return them to their mothers on the maximum security side of the prision for a lunch break. They return to the school at 1pm and stay till 3:30.Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

Marissons, 38 and her 2 year old daughter. Marissons has been imprisioned for 16 years and has 8 remaining. Workers at the Yo Cambio school assist children in the nursery and return them to their mothers on the maximum security side of the prision for a lunch break. They return to the school at 1pm and stay till 3:30.Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

Dereck Deros and his mother Patrice Janet Guillen, 38 sew during the afternoon. Workers at the Yo Cambio school assist children in the nursery and return them to their mothers on the maximum security side of the prision for a lunch break. They return to the school at 1pm and stay till 3:30.Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

Marianna Ortiz, 38 and her 2 year old daughter Hazel Marianna Ortiz. Marianna has been imprisioned for 16 years and has 8 remaining. She has two other children, outside the jail. Workers at the Yo Cambio school assist children in the nursery and return them to their mothers on the maximum security side of the prision for a lunch break. They return to the school at 1pm and stay till 3:30.Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

Incarcerated people farm vegatables and joke with male visitors they can see entering the male prison in the distance. Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

Sylvia Quintanilla, 53 washes clothes then rests in her bunk while reading her bible. Sylvia has been incarcerated for seven years and has three remaining for drug trafficking. She has three children, one of whom died while she was jail. She was convicted of drug trafficking but claims she was stupid and made a mistake when a man asked her to bring a package out of El Salvador. Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

Denora Cruz, 28 gives a pedicure to another incarcerated person. Denora went to cosmotology school while on the maximum security side and does about 4 pedicures a day, each for 1 to 2 dollars depending what the client can pay. She has special permissions and can order supplies from outside the jail. She has one year and six months remaining and will have served seven years total for extortion. She has a hearing this week about possibly being let out for good behavior. Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

Food is inspected for contraband on the way into the prison.Incarcerated parents in the Yo Cambio program at the Sonsonate jail in El Salvador on August 25th, 2016. In 2014 El Salvador started Yo Cambio, a reform program in the women's minimum security sector where the women farm, learn trade skills, and participate in civic work. The program has been implemented in prisons across the country in Izalco, Sonsonate, San Vicente, Sensuntepeque, Apanteos, Metapán, la Esperanza, el centro de Readaptación de Mujeres de Ilopango, Quezaltepeque, Cojutepeque, La Unión, Jucuapa and Penitenciaría Occidental. Some selected incarcerated people in San Salvador work in a Montessori style preschool. Built two years ago and funded by the EU, the preschool offers daycare and early childhood education for the children of incarcerated inmates. Children under the age of five live with their mothers, who are often in maximum security.

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