More than 50 juveniles are serving their sentences in Moldovan penitentiaries

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Posted by: Mazur Rodica

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20 Sep. 2020 / 18:44

More than 50 juveniles are serving their sentences in Moldovan penitentiaries

They ended up behind bars out of carelessness, little control and supervision of adults. We are talking about juvenile detainees serving their sentences in the country's penitentiaries. Experts say that in many cases, children in detention have grown up in a socially vulnerable family and have been deprived of affection. Once they have entered the prison gate, young people are involved in programs and activities for training and resocialization. There are 13 young people in detention who were raised by relatives or who, after their parents went to work abroad, were left alone at home, and this pushed them into a risky entourage, Moldova 1 reports.

Nicolae is 18 years old and has been in detention for more than two years. He was sentenced to five and a half years for stealing a car and beating him. When he arrived in prison, he lived with his mother, and his father went abroad to provide a decent life for his family.

Vladislav was deprived of his liberty a year ago, being sentenced to eight years for murder. Behind bars, he spends his free time with studies, but also wood carving activities.

Of the total number of children behind bars, 13 minors have a parent or both who have gone abroad.

"Both those with parents abroad and minors who come without a parent are more restrained, less communicable, this is actually a difficulty in the sense of social reintegration," said Vladimir Cojocaru, interim director of the National Administration of Penitentiaries.

In the Penitentiary no. 10 from Goian, 27 minors are serving their sentences. Thus, the penitentiary institution carries out several activities meant to facilitate the social integration of detained minors.

"There are many programs, many educational, psychological and social activities and we always focus on the final effect. Every day, we talk about the behavior, how one should act so that when he reaches freedom, he will not reach us again," said Ana Gurău, social worker.

"Once they arrive in the penitentiary, they go through a period of crisis, usually during detention, we insist on giving them that psychological support, to stabilize their psycho-emotional state of being a balanced one. At the beginning, he is in a state of maladaptation," said Vladislava Chirica, psychologist.

Statistical data provided by the National Administration of Penitentiaries show that in the last three years, 200 minors have been deprived of their liberty. Currently, 56 children are serving their sentences in Moldovan penitentiary institutions.

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