Príosún na Sláinte

Publication Instance Details #1653

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	Yes	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration Health
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	Príosún de la Santé i bPáras (do Brian Ellis)
Notes	This is a short lyric poem about the infamous 'Santé' prison, located in central Paris. The prison is one of the most notorious in the country. The speaker of the poem describes the dolorous and miserable conditions of the prison, with the prisoners packed inside like sardines, and he seems to lean on the humanity of the prisoners inside the walls. The desire to be free is expressed fervently in the final verse of the poem, where the prisoners' excrement is the only part of them that is free - as it is taken from the prison sewerage system and expelled into the ocean.