While some governments claim more prisons is the answer to crime, activists propose new strategies based on higher education. Do they work? We find out.

Camila Medrano was arrested for living in a house where illicit drugs were sold. After proving that she had survived extreme violence, she was acquitted.

Waldemar Curia spent more than a decade in prison but his passion for learning motivated him to help develop a university programme behind bars and a library in his community. He now argues that education is an effective security strategy against increased proposals for more tough on crime approaches. This is his story.

Maribel Rodríguez was desperate to raise enough money to pay for an operation for her daughter, so she agreed to transport a kilo of cocaine between Bolivia and Argentina. Her story, and what happened next, illustrates a shift in the way the judiciary deals with these complex cases. This story is part of a series produced by the Red Federal de Periodismo Judicial de Argentina.