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Men behind bars

They come from Bosnia, Nigeria, Latvia, Sri Lanka or Switzerland, and they're serving time along with 170 other men at Thorberg, a high-security prison. Swiss photographer and documentary maker Dieter Fahrer gives them a face.

Before he began filming, Fahrer had a number of long talks with the inmates. He also took photos of this international group of men who are spending years behind bars for the crimes they’ve committed.

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