With 1,900 inmates, La Modelo in Tipitapa is the largest prison in Nicaragua. Most cells are occupied by boys of around twenty, who have been convicted for assault and murder, often of members of rival gangs. Documentary filmmaker Florence Jaugey organized a video workshop for the boys, so they could film their daily prison life. After a short course, ten boys started shooting. They interview each other about the draining lack of privacy and fresh air, the maddening routine and the paranoia that plays tricks on many on the young inmates. They always have to be on their guard. From their outpourings and conversations with the psychologist, it is obvious that they have been stuck in a spiral of violence since early childhood. It is clear that their life is not worth much. Some of them are no longer visited by family, and so they live on, forgotten by the outside world…