In the period of the winter holidays, the detainees from the country’s penitentiaries will have a facilitated regime. On December 31, January 1 and 7, the prisoners will have a holiday menu and will enjoy artistic activities, IPN reports.

Press officer of the Department of Penitentiary Institutions Anna Botez said that on ordinary days, the light is turned off at 10pm, while on holidays this will be done one hour later. The detainees with a common regime will be able to prepare holiday food from products brought by their relatives. On the occasion of the winter holidays, the prisoners laid out their cells and the places where they meet with their families.

Artistic activities will be staged in penitentiaries during the holidays. The more active detainees compose carols and New Year poems and give performances for the prison’s administration. On Christmas, the chaplain priests of the penitentiary system will hold services for detainees in all the prisons.

According to the Department of Penitentiary Institutions, over 8,000 persons are held in the 17 penitentiaries of Moldova.