Diana Vlas

Moldova

Diana Vlas

director

Sentence from birth

You can be deprived of your freedom but not of your right to be a mother. Four women with different social profiles are in a common space for two reasons: because they are young mothers and are detained. At first glance, the space where women live seems to be an ordinary family-type home, but in fact, this is the House of the Mother and Child of Penitentiary no. 16. This sector has brought together: women who stole the state, human trafficking, with two faculties or nine classes graduated. They have one thing in common - they all hold in their arms a child sentenced to serve his mother's sentences up to the age of three.
At the age of 3, with the written consent of the mother and with the agreement of the guardianship authority, the child is placed in the care of a person indicated by the mother or a specialized institution for children.