• Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of the Netherlands national football team, participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of the Netherlands national football team, participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own Prison World Cup ahead of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own Prison World Cup ahead of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own Prison World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima, Peru on Monday ahead of the 2014 World Cup. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own Prison World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima, Peru on Monday ahead of the 2014 World Cup. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of Brazil's national football team, play against a team of veteran Peruvian players, who are visitors to the Castro-Castro prison in Lima for the Prison World Cup event ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of Brazil's national football team, play against a team of veteran Peruvian players, who are visitors to the Castro-Castro prison in Lima for the Prison World Cup event ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own Prison World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima, Peru, on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own Prison World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima, Peru, on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners wait for the opening ceremony of their own version of the World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima, Peru on Monday ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners wait for the opening ceremony of their own version of the World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima, Peru on Monday ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of the Brazilian national football team, participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima, Peru on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of the Brazilian national football team, participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima, Peru on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of the Uruguay national football team, participate in their own prisoner World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of the Uruguay national football team, participate in their own prisoner World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of Brazil's national football team, participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of Brazil's national football team, participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
  • Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of Brazil's national football team, play against a team of veteran Peruvian players, who are visitors to the event, at their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014
    Prisoners, wearing jerseys in the colours of Brazil's national football team, play against a team of veteran Peruvian players, who are visitors to the event, at their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima on Monday. Mariana Bazo / Reuters / June 2, 2014

Football

In pictures: Lima’s prisoner World Cup

Jake Badger

June 04, 2014

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The Castro-Castro prison in Lima, Peru, home to about 300 inmates, is holding its own version of the 2014 World Cup to encourage sports participation within the prison population.

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