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BEHIND the iron gates at the Youth Transformation and Rehabilitation Centre (YTC) in Arouca, many inmates have forgotten how to dream. Hardened by the premature exposure to violence and angry at the world, officers sometimes find it difficult to achieve their mandate of helping youths turn their lives around.

But behind those walls, one YTC resident is showing that it is still possible to dream.

Despite seven years at YTC, Ainsley Grazette, 25, is dreaming of achieving goals on and off the field. The Carenage native created history on October 25 by becoming the first YTC resident to play professional football while representing Prisons FC in the TT Premier Football League tier one.