Itai bon pehonape foctitie the recontiearaon of regen, aston aad imeraionalpoiies and belief adsesely affecting he Inet af ifiganoss peoples and attic minentoe Wwovldwige. For arthrpoloey. this qpest invites a Seung, not sinply warscendleg. he varies comp tenis of cull ieatty seratttve of socal being in ‘ys the encourage multiple stachmens nd fclate scmplex. and al times dept contrac fits ‘Anthopological defence of the rights of indigerons peopl pronppoces « radacvery ofthe dicplines roots, at Mel es @ fank examination of the mass ‘wedi, te bbl scosomy Besta 19815) ond the ‘ance mations vecepining repression of he {xc Other ven if alshed psn, Clase ‘Ghunice is vuable prsiely texas ed us of ‘ntapclogy'sintllectallgacy of primis, which fad to be checked befee the dacpine can coatinie to fails misono ercl voice nthe shape of ‘trterporay local and pba fas. Dreams of leaving Life in the Feminine Penitentiary Centre, Miraflores, La Paz, Bolivia ALL. SPEDDING ie tlm ‘faerie ‘Seon of aw Dromber preci ts dopo Me horgeof re reson of frrehenyy rim ‘ante for pein ‘Fmuinone ‘ila ats Daf ‘GitdnheCae, ese hy tok sien ‘inc athe Senet Br Spadding nd wo overs. pnw we ation Spratling Defoe Foe {TODAY iebol De Spedtig arate Sent ter Serene ore ‘omen here Toei frau Gear fromibe tet he rats oh ed foci wm ‘The ally gina Betweet 0630 and O7DD the eet spply wo the call blocks is switched om ard the main doors ate un locked. These whee tim x ito cen the pbc aces of te prison do so and the cooks pu de War fn or baat in he rons Khon By 800 at of the prisoner ate out of be, combing thsi st, making ther besa cleaning thor celle i tho tr, bo fore C830 rol ell the yard, The sergeants bal oat tnyone whose hae isnot done and may cok al the dk to sce if they ane rode: offeders ar prised hing them lke fem the pur omy to at, the Same for howe Whe fl (0 We Out (9 eo a At the same tins, brealfut is sored Se (ato stort sugar solten) and wo bead ells nace the Faery tthe bie wemen’s psn in Oh aes, loaded wit bomte © make Dee He mre and thas viually edible ‘Afar ‘his, some Women po tothe workshop where here axe two sewing and four Eriting machines Some ‘cok foud. for teelves or ty sel alles, The Taney, For sinks with cold moaning woe, i aways ‘ats no ony ial hs prisoner done hes serve mairtan themselves lisp m wating fry Ot side, They ae paid 0B! pet dozen Hens wasted and ‘fone, of which 2B» is rained bythe gover» of Fe. Seine ie acd wateirg TV. nly ssp opens Aelenoelas) oF vist ant cht WER 9m pEsORES You cn wach at eas Tour soap oper pet day. Oters seas, cut, gam of dye tei ova oF ethos” fai and ‘noe al nit sens crochet, embmier ce pint not ‘AC 120 Gece fs unoer rll all td tha Ich served, the vane rt of food yo woul Find in & theap lower clas eturenanywiere in Andean Bol a. Ths i he only meal provided othe ration andi 1S ro sufficient, hence the need © ceo addon food. Thee irs dry good op ran by priser, bat 1% paconny to fave sereane cede uh ca bey regeiles, meat and he indispensible see and tells, Tn th aternons, sone te classes witha weacher from CEMA. an scelerted high school stn for those who dropped er before Beeiag the diplomat ‘ileote), Wie the cell ks re unecked, you can ‘sander ccd fealy within thermo nthe yd which is aur hall the se of 4 vonis cat an ices Yellyball te, 8 shine wit the Virgen de is Morceor, patton saint of the prion, the leunery, the toute Wodshop th eiones itshon and sot disk cou a an by apioner At 120) thee ance tae, Aer is “ex served once are Sone pay wey AC 10D the main jan eck of {ep for smhervomen ‘hohe fein fo con ue sbi 200. A Sal roy cue tha eu chewing cova and seeing upnely febiden wo taka te th al At S000 te tis der a eked At 23 everyone sl Be te ells fora ol alters he an eo ote cll eoks ee ecked and oni ac suppose 0 ene th ced step tn ge tote arom, tng se stp oi vist bers, chew coca sce a ce Sina eink inthe coon, THe Hs told De Seba of at 206, hough they ze somtimes 00 or mem if pope have aed pesistion teeth rg kr oT on the weer fo a hour visite ate allowed every day in an un cover pssguvy rw 10D) and 1200 0d 1500 tnd 7D On Tharp, Sundays ad puke Hse tut a allowed i te yar Heveen (0) and 1700 They ac ot apposed ear te pion aes iting aed thn they clos go tothe aly et ine the eels Noon ral el atpeded Ving ly tu elon acc fo one plate of 4p a tude sme tha we wil ack fr vos Geetha ey il eng fod ough ut have stirs a 8 a 0 yn ea as fete no tse ey Di De foe prone cock oot onto dye Bolsian Gulag, or what they're in for ‘The prisons In Minlores consanly compaia that they arin ach thor nose” ll ay Tong high sect prison designed fer 50 piconet else 10 Sauraton is complenest of between 6) ad 63 Prisones. One would expect to fad wed only ee Prisomer with a biory of vinkne, thoes who have Tred to escape cr expe forthe priors al Been recapured, oF those on tal Tor serous eres or wth the Kngest encase, Thin is tot the ce. Some Prisoners request nese bee so a6 0 cone of Saget bing easy to get deve up in scr prisone ut nota Wiraeres Oe" wyers asked fer hem to be sen he because itis supposed to be cleaner, hove betarbutreces and you dont have to guue 20 long forthe phone. Caters sem tobe ere de 10 ap at tray decison of te cours. Te Hones senence under Bolivian law 3D years, arly given oy foe made ‘There ave ome cf tuo murderers hee, EAC ate 0 ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY Vol 15 No 2. Api 1060 "uso peg ter Sues Ergin 195. thre ina nema pin Aad joe two prisoners are sapere (bot deus cases) One woman is member Of Me Ferwian pueria orgasizaion META, bat she says that the acesatins tht she commanded death Squads ate fle. Around 80% of the women in Mira floes are "Ley 1008 (lace) Ts the racanian lawn drugs promulgated in 1988 and which i respon sible for most ofthe prison poplin in the count. seston of any quenity of drug above that which etme shat ould Be conned in 48 Bours a ‘qumiy extn by the pois as es than 3 grass (Cerecont years less than 2 grammes of any conoied substance i epoca a de jaro evidence of atic {ng ano gets you Set straps 10 prison. Cocire co fale base and marjuans ae no distinguished. Thus ‘here are women here who have Bees ted and tem fenced 16 five year for possesion of three oF four samme of coca, oF ae tng (fra OaBe> fd hlf of mariana. Others ae bere simply Deca ‘hey happened to be in shoo where drugs were found ‘Fin the company of someone eke who was fourd in possession, Less than 10 grsooe:s might be called view doug talfichers hevng bing found in por ‘escion af more han STilot of drape. Repailess of he Seventy of the alleged offence there ino bal under Ley 1008. “The eit aw in for diverse iypes of fad, msily monetary One ws definitely 4 profesional Fader ‘he eid someone oF USS150.000) bat he Cters represent he weakness ofthe nstutonal cred Sytem in Bolivia, Bank fos rere guaran, uch ‘as house t mtgage. or enon contact with the rector af the bank, which mtn beng a member of ‘the upper clas. The latest rage among NGOS i “micro ‘edi ba realy is miro a ystem ef stepped loans, $300BS for 3 wont then 6008s for 6 month. 0 iF ‘yo seed to oro USSS.00 and haven pusranies. the only posts he recourse Wo wares. They de> mand a post dted chogue ax susrante, sometimes filles oot sometimes blake Whe the loan i nt pid Inck om time the ase presens He cheyee. which tence, andthe bostower gos 10 pen. I the cheque snow blank, it can be fled out for sm highar than that actally Boowed and the moneylender ses for ts, Accercing 1 sever f these waren, tey werent tren fe bevefisianes of the Toon but preset he ‘haquet or guarantor: fora woman fend. wo thes ran aff withthe money and eft ther carry the can ‘ters ae in for equally typical cies wit reference te lane such as sling a plot once, witout making ost the legal document for the tseufer and hen eling the Sime plots second time to someone ele. or sling 2 foe of lad or a hae which Delonge wot to therm tutto on of their imme relatives hee fraalet transactions ae so wilespead at al levels of Bolivian sce hat they deserve tobe calle put of the a ‘onl sys of and venue) ‘However vhf the prison’ vevons of ther Frauds. se clear th he mayoniy ef these wemen ‘ae ‘eeonom ibmina rater than Ineatenal dei (qeeta, The ave i tw of ana of the gs se, “They bebe not completed igh school and in several ‘use, dnt even finish primary schoo. They sold ‘hugs st as hey alo sold Coed fod, cranes, Sows ‘raryting else toy cold find a market for. Ava le the am wan to capo themelves a ther hen otto nance thei Own aus use. Apex fem one NP fl there fro ace of any srt of counterliaral eo Togy sociated with vg we or desing. hor the "ur on. tne i, op ca” vane) ner the more cor lemporay fee marke: anarchist jusificaion. Most ‘deny ever faving ied dct merchandise In cout i is “etnitely Favourable iF you argue that you are drug aldiet (fr which reason Lam arguing that Tam ad ‘ced to mariana) tr for 4 Bolivian wera 10 ant that se kes drugs she either has Hobe wer clas fave fe» lt of contct with Europeans er ese be Tengen pecan ant Af act actully a prosinae,an- ashamed of being taken for one I at, any mace of {he worsen ere hive ied drugs, of were even eps ters a scr Tne than admit so Bt for most of them tis mere sport. 0 maintain an rage of on- ‘cational fering virwe than itis 10 avo jaca Consequence. Lila (a penadonym, ike all he personal ames aed here) as arse with et hiss ps: ‘Session of cova baie He sid Re was a user and was (sleaed, She sa she wasn't cme “Ger prom ny hd you sy yu wee user? {i fy ard woe have tne Infact, many women (his aso goes for men accused ‘of drugs offences, although they knew i aegis ‘the lado not seem to have realy eternal th i> lepaity of what they were doing. In pant is may be esau te line Benecen egal aed eal activites i Bolivia isnot clear All srt of these legitimate ods, frm tied peaches to aniculed Tories. re Struagled mo the county, besneses ranging from tars, braticls or mechanic’ worktops te profesional comultansie operate ‘clandectiney' tat ie, wiht ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY Vol IS Ne 2, April 1999