Mana is one of the fundamental ideas of the Polynesian worldview, a sacred force of supernatural origin: to have mana means to have influence, authority, the ability to act upon a situation, and the quality is not limited to individuals — people, governments, places, animals and inanimate objects can also possess it. The photographs were taken in the Portuguese prisons of Odemira, Tires and Santa Cruz do Bispo during the autumn of 2025. In those prisons women are not allowed mirrors, phones or cameras; dinner is at half past six and the return to the cells at seven.