Warm New Year's Eve meal in prison
(Baonghean.vn) - Prisoners gathered around a meal tray including banh chung, jellied meat, pickled onions, green vegetables and decorated with blooming peach blossoms and sparkling lights to prepare for the upcoming Tet holiday.
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| It has become a tradition that every year around the 25th of December, Nghe An Provincial Police Detention Center organizes an early New Year's Eve dinner for prisoners serving their sentences there. Photo: Pham Bang |
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| To create conditions for prisoners to have a warm Tet holiday, the leaders of Nghe An Provincial Police Detention Center decided to increase the food rations 5 times higher than usual in the New Year's Eve meal. This is the effort of the Board of Supervisors, officers and soldiers of the unit for prisoners in addition to the prescribed Tet meal. Photo: Pham Bang |
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| This is the 8th consecutive year that Nghe An Police Detention Center has organized a year-end party and a happy New Year celebration for the inmates. The inmates happily sat at the table, ate and chatted under the bright red peach blossoms. Photo: Pham Bang |
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| "The meal is the heart of the prison officers, and also to encourage them to continue to strive in reform and work to have their sentences reduced and soon return to their families and society," said Lieutenant Colonel Vu Duy Nguyen - Deputy Warden of the Detention Camp of Nghe An Provincial Police. Photo: Pham Bang |
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| The New Year's Eve meal in the detention camp is still full of Tet flavors, with banh chung, jellied meat, fish, green vegetables, pickled onions... All are prepared by the hands of the prisoners with many available food ingredients in the camp, the result of the prisoners' labor during their time here. Photo: Pham Bang |
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| The prisoners happily ate and served food to each other like family members. Although they were in prison, the image of their family was always present to them, motivating them to try to reform well, return soon, and rebuild their lives after past mistakes. Photo: Pham Bang |
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| After eating and drinking, the prisoners happily chatted with the officers of the Detention Center. Many prisoners initially felt stuck and discouraged when entering the camp, but thanks to the timely care and encouragement of the prison officers, they regained their confidence and felt secure in their rehabilitation. Photo: Pham Bang |
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| Before the New Year's Eve meal, the prisoners were excited to decorate with balloons and fix the peach blossoms to prepare for the upcoming Tet holiday in the prison. Although they were serving their sentences, everyone's faces were cheerful, happy, and enthusiastic about their work. Photo: Pham Bang |
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| The flower beds are also watered and carefully tended. The colorful flowers seem to dispel the dryness and coldness of the detention camp, helping the prisoners feel more optimistic. Photo: Pham Bang |