Newsthink 27 February 2013Full lesson plan from redcross.org.uk/education

> They have been to a detention centre.

> The family have made a long journey that they would struggle to afford themselves.

> They've visited a close relative they haven't seen for years.

An amazing journey

Prison visiting

What would be a relevant caption?

A family reunion

Complete the sentence:

"Meeting a relative held in detention makes people happy because..."

Background to the photograph

This man is from a different

family, also visiting a detained

relative.

The woman andtwo children come

from Baghdad. They have been to visit their husband

and father in detention at the Chamchamal Prison in Iraq. They had not

seen him for 18 months.

Some detainees in Chamchamal have not had visitors for many years.

The visits were arranged by the International Committee of the Red Cross which works to monitor the conditions of detention.

It aims to ensure that detainees are treated with dignity and humanity.

Rank these reasons in order of which you think are most important to those in the picture.

> to remember the good times of the past

> to see how others have changed

> to be reassured that they are ok

> to have a good time and create new happy memories

> to exchange news and information

> to ask opinions and sort out problems

> to relieve boredom

Photo credit and caption

Boshra, her two children and a teenager smiling on their way back home after the family visit to their detained relative took place in the Chamchamal prison.

©  ICRC / P Krzysiek

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