Plastic playpens and painted lives

  • 1998-07-30
  • Tanya R. Neuman
They don't know what a traditional family is. All they know is they see their mothers during visiting hours. The rest of the time is spent playing with the other children at the prison. In Part II of her story on the Ilguciems prison in Riga, Tanya R. Neuman visits the school and living quarters of the smallest inmates.Light green wood lockers line the hallway outside a large, carpeted play area. It was nap time and the children were soundly sleeping in little wooden beds lined up at the far end of the room. A picture of a recent baptism hung nearby, a reminder that these little ones are ...
 
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