Prisoners offered reduced sentence in exchange for generating electricity

STORYLINE A small prison in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil encourages cellmates to shorten their sentence by pedalling on exercise bikes that generate energy to illuminate the town s roads. Inmate Ronaldo da Silva hops on a bike and pedals away furiously, clocking up several miles before he slows and jumps off. But despite all his efforts, Silva doesn t get far from the mediumsecurity prison where he s serving a fiveandahalf year long sentence for robbing a bakery. In fact, he doesn t get an