Tamara has worked in the Penitentiary Service for 16 years and coordinates sports activities in Unit 48 of San Martín. She is also our reference within the prison and helps us manage the necessary permits so that we can carry out our activities in the complex. She is currently studying to be a coach and two years ago she became a mother.

Today, on Penitentiary Service Day, he tells us a little about his daily life and what he thinks about the Spartanos program:

“What I like about my job is that I am in contact with different people, stories and realities. On the one hand, it helps me with my personal growth and, on the other, I feel that through what I do, I can provide tools to people deprived of their liberty so that they can reintegrate into society.

I learned about the work that Espartanos does in 2009. What I like about the program is that it not only emphasizes the sports part with rugby, which is one of the main ways to channel all the energy that the inmates have, but also It provides concrete tools so that they can reintegrate socio-occupational, it provides quite personalized support, they rely on the spiritual part that is fundamental for containment and it teaches them values. I like that they integrate everything a person needs so they can get ahead.

There is a difference between people who are in the Spartans program and those who are not. I was able to participate in a course with Spartans for 2 years, and I was able to see their evolution in several aspects, not only in the way they spoke, but also in the sincerity of their change.

I believe in second chances, we all make mistakes and no one is exempt from being detained. The important thing is to recognize the mistake, try to correct it but really from the heart.”