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 medium-security prison where he’s serving a five-and-a-half year long sentence for robbing a bakery. In fact, he doesn’t get an