Malta: Seven children in state care while parents in jail

Seven children, five of whom are Maltese, are currently living in the care of the State while one of their parents serves time in jail, according to a spokesperson for the Foundation for Social Welfare Services. 

An eighth child, a baby boy – is living with his mother – a foreigner whose nationality has not been confirmed – at the Corradino Correctional Facility, where infants under the age of one are allowed to stay with their mothers.

Source Times of Malta

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