Dropping Daniel at Prison in Hattieville Friday 25 February 2010

     Pete & I dropped Daniel at the prison telling him it was for the best   :)     We found a comfortable place to stay while he learned everything I learned in my residency in 6 hours.  He attended training for the mental health and substance abuse treatment function of the prison. He met the Minister of Mental Health, Dr. Claudina Cayetano, one of the 2 active psychiatrists in Belize as well as Dr. Molino, a Nicaraguan psychiatrist who sees patients at the prison every 2 weeks.  The prison is a model for United Nations standards and was completely redone from ground up by the Kolbe Foundation. (see www.kolbe.bz).  It is amazing in many respects.  I am particularly fascinated by the manufacturing of arts and crafts including intricate woodworking, ironworks, jewelry making and organic gardening the inmates do in order to support themselves and the prison.  It's the only prison I've ever seen with a gift shop.