Kasia Budko, 20 years old by Sun Ray https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko Activist of the Belarusian Students Association, a third-year student of Aesthetic Education. According to her friends, she loves freedom and has an active civic attitude, she cannot silently look at lawlessness and always is trying to improve something. She was convicted in a "student case" in which an investigation accused detainees of coordinating the protests, running thematic channels on Telegram, calling for protests, and preparing and funding protesters. Her friends publish her drawings and stories on Instagram: @kajusizo. Charges indicted: Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order or active participation in them Court decision: 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a penal colony. en-us 2021-11-24 23:52:35 UTC 2023-03-27 19:26:48 UTC hello@padlet.com heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911465383 2021-11-25 00:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911465383 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911465868 2021-11-25 00:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911465868 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911466061 2021-11-25 00:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911466061 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911466250 2021-11-25 00:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911466250 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911466436 2021-11-25 00:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911466436 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911466633 2021-11-25 00:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911466633 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911471410 2021-11-25 00:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911471410 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911471744 2021-11-25 00:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911471744 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911472330 2021-11-25 00:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911472330 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911476132 2021-11-25 00:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911476132 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911477476 "At Volodarka multi-layered looks are really popular, 2 pairs of socks worn on top of each other, several sweatshirts under an oversized hoodie and sports shoes, the main highlight of which is the lack of laces".]]> 2021-11-25 00:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911477476 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911478316 "I noticed interesting facts about dreams. At the very beginning of my stay here, I had dreams about freedom: different locations from my ‘ordinary’ life, where my relatives and friends, acquaintances are and so on. However recently I began to have dreams where we are all in prison, like, my sleep factory transfers events, people to me in prison. Previously, at least at night (in a dream), I could walk down the street, stay at home, in Minsk, in Grodno, but every day spent in a cell, such opportunities are becoming less and less, but the prison location, on the contrary, is expanding for all sorts of theatrical actions".]]> 2021-11-25 00:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911478316 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911478758 „When I realise that I get up at 6 am every day and then go to bed only by 23:00, I am shocked by myself. Me and 6 in the morning, well, can you imagine that? The body, it seems, has already got used to this, but the consciousness - not yet. And still, even if I get up at 6, until  8 or even 9 in the morning, all these hours are wasted. In the morning I don't want anything, except to sleep for another 5 minutes))) I can't read - my eyes are closing immediately, I can't write either - my head is still a mess, so I just sit down and sit for 2 hours, drink tea, chat with someone, listen to someone talk, but, in general, it's a waste of time, I'd rather sleep. I don't know, maybe in 3 years my body will train itself and I will turn from an owl into a lark, but so far everything is like this”.]]> 2021-11-25 00:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911478758 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911479233 "Prison makes you feel guilty 24/7 and this is already the cruellest punishment. Everything that happens inside our minds is 10,000 times more terrible than the term of the sentence itself. And it seems to me that punishment is often overdone, and people are breaking like matches. In short, it's all very difficult to realize, and even more difficult to live in this daily injustice. Why are we humans so stupid and incapable of just loving each other? After all, it's so simple. How did we come to such a life? I don't know, it came to us by itself. Have you ever heard of the theory that in order to get something better, you need to go through a loss? I think this is a convenient theory when you are a prisoner))) But in fact, in this black hole of horror, the main task is to search for light and preserve humanity. For example, write funny letters with jokes to home, continue to support people around you, and, of course, appreciate the support that they give you back".]]> 2021-11-25 00:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911479233 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911480941 "About prison slang, in general, I think that this is a very unique phenomenon (which has existed for many years). To the question of why people start calling familiar things by other names, I can answer only from my point of view and from my understanding of what is happening, for example, with “brakes”, why “brakes”, and not just a door? So, the joke is that this is actually not a door. In the doors that are familiar to us, there is a handle on both sides and you can also open them(wow), and well, usually there are no “feeders” in them. In general, what I want to say by this, ALL the things that are FAMILIAR to us, in prison are modified and their use can even be distorted, so their need for re-naming is understandable to me, any object needs a new name, its definition, so people came up with it and if you look at it like that, then people who are sitting in prison are not stupid at all)))"]]> 2021-11-25 00:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911480941 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911481391 There is a common expression in prison: "A PRISONER MUST ALWAYS SUFFER," and this is an indisputable argument in any situation. The punishment of imprisonment is only the beginning of your suffering, the framework for which does not exist. Thank you, stigmatization.]]> 2021-11-25 00:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911481391 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911484364 „In fact, if I was judged alone, it would be a real torture, to ride in uber-discomfort every day, to sit and listen to all this nonsense and hardly rest. All these disadvantages are compensated by one advantage - 11 cool people, because of whom it is not so hard to get up at 6 am, sit at a meeting, joke and listen to their funny jokes, support each other in case something goes down, and in general, it's even fun to go to the courts with them))))”]]> 2021-11-25 00:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911484364 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911485889 „I also often remind myself of our bicycle trips, movie events, birthdays, picnics, meetings on the hill, in general everything that we came up with together and sadly realize that I will lose it for 3 years, but what scares me even more, is what may happen after these 3 years. Will I remain a human after prison, how long will it take me to recover, adapt and reflect, will our friendship pass this test, will we be able to spend time and ride bikes again, of course, I want to believe in the best, but in prison, after listening to 3,874,837  number of stories of how people are forgotten and left behind bars, I have my concerns. In any case, I am grateful to the fate of our acquaintance, and even if something changes over the years, I will still be happy to remember our friendship. It probably sounds awfully cute, but what to do)) Who is to blame if my girlfriends are great and deserve these words)))”]]> 2021-11-25 00:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911485889 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911487199 Kasia's last word during the trial:

"It seems to me that our society is afraid of problems, people close their eyes to the problems, hoping that they will solve themselves.

Prison is like a sofa, behind which it is very convenient to hide things, instead of putting them in the right place in the room.

Are people addicted to alcohol and do not pay their alimony? Immediately put them in jail! Is the number of fatal drug overdoses growing? No, rehabilitation programs and drug addiction prevention centres - this is too complicated. Punish them with imprisonment with a term of 3 to 20 years. This is easier. What? Someone does not like the solution to our problems and wants to rule the country? You can also go to prison with your ideas and initiatives.

The only thing is that no matter how many sofas you have, sooner or later there will be too many things under them and they will fall out.
]]> 2021-11-25 00:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911487199 heart_behind_bars https://padlet.com/heart_behind_bars/Kasia_Budko/wish/1911488225 I understand that it is very difficult and resource-intensive to create social programs, welfare services, to work with people,  to look for the core of the problem and figure it out. It is easier to punish than to help. Put the label "criminal", "malicious violator", who deserves the worst attitude to themself. They are immoral, terrible and dangerous. We will isolate them, deprive them of freedom, hot water, personal space, force them to work and we will think that this somehow solves the problem, that a person will not return from prison even more antisocial, embittered and unhappy. Crimes are not committed because of a good life.

I think that each of us is responsible for thousands of crippled destinies, that at some point a person stumbled and there was absolutely no one to give a helping hand, no one paid attention. This is a reflection on the fact that we all live together, next to each other. Each of our actions or even inaction creates a chain of consequences. And it is unknown at what point and what exactly will return to us like a boomerang. Therefore, I am offended by everything that is happening in our country. That the most prospective, worthy students among us are forced to leave the country despite the will to stay or, well, sit in prison. But I love Belarus with all its pros and cons, even after eight months in prison..”
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