CHILDREN BEHIND BARS 1999-2007
How a State treats its prisoners is a good indicator of the quality of its democracy. A society is judged as to how it treats its minors.
Too often promiscuity, racketeering and violence reign in the prisons, detention centers and camps, designed specifically to house young children. Too often dignity is violated.Over the course of eight years and in eleven countries – in countries of conflict or peace; in countries with rule-of-law and in non-democratic countries – Sadin depicts the inequalities, injustices and humiliations often suffered by incarcerated children. “I was driven by the idea of providing the public with a view inside these detention centers and of conveying the views of the inmates to the outside world. I wanted to restore dignity to these young people, to break the silence surrounding them and, most importantly, to break their isolation. It is a story destined to bring them out of the shadows.”
