喀麦隆杜阿拉的New Bell监狱内建立了一家名为Jail Time Records的音乐工作室和唱片公司，由前囚犯Steve Happi和意大利艺术家Dione Roach于2018年共同创办 1。这一项目为狱中音乐人才提供创意表达的途径，制作的歌曲获得了国际关注 1。Steve Happi现任Jail Time Records的制作人和音频工程师 1，而Dione Roach担任联合创始人 1。
围绕该项目拍摄的纪录片耗时六年制作，于去年在纽约Tribeca电影节获得三项奖项，其中包括最佳纪录片长片奖 1。该纪录片由新西兰奥斯卡获奖导演Taika Waititi与妻子Rita Ora担任执行制片人 1。该工作室已成为一个改造和救赎的平台，为服刑人员提供自我发现和社会认可的机会 1。
New Bell监狱因监禁条件恶劣而声名狼藉。根据Human Rights Watch 2022年的报告，该监狱关押4700名囚犯，是其实际容量的四倍 1。2022年，Happi、Roach和狱中艺术家发行了专辑《Jail Time Vol 1》 1。Jeje成为Jail Time Records的第一位女性艺术家，于同年首次亮相 1。该项目的影响力不断扩展，2023年Jail Time Records在布基纳法索首都瓦加杜古的中央监狱建立了工作室 1。
New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon, has become home to Jail Time Records, a music production studio and record label founded in 2018 by former inmate Steve Happi and Italian artist Dione Roach.1 The initiative provides creative outlets for musically talented prisoners and has garnered international attention through recordings produced within the facility's walls.1 A documentary chronicling the project, which took six years to complete, won three awards at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York last year, including Best Documentary Feature.1 The film was executive produced by New Zealand Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi and his wife, singer Rita Ora.1
The prison, which according to a 2022 Human Rights Watch report holds approximately 4,700 inmates—four times its intended capacity—has transformed through this music initiative into a platform for rehabilitation and redemption.1 In 2022, Happi, Roach, and incarcerated musicians released the album "Jail Time Vol 1," while Jeje became the project's first female artist that same year.1 The venture has expanded beyond Cameroon's borders; in 2023, Jail Time Records established a studio 1,000 miles away at the central prison in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.1
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