At first, the tackles, rucks and mauls were merely survival tactics within the harsh world of prison. It mirrors the schedule of a professional league, but this is Rugby Unión Libertad — a sports club officially registered in mid-January with a mission that goes far beyond the pitch: preparing inmates for social reintegration after they serve their sentences. "Rugby freed me; it healed my soul," Alex Javier Silva, 48, who has been incarcerated since 1999, told The Associated Press.
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