The women’s prison Santa Monica, located in Lima is crowded with 1,200 inmates, most of them sentenced for drug trafficking and almost 30% are foreign. Six with Eight, recounts the story of 6 women convicted of the crime of “burrier”. These women – from different nationalities – shares the same years of imprisonment, six years with eight months, but also the painful of not having close their children and families. Six with Eight, explores their fears, regrets and motivations that obliged them to become a drug dealer, as well as their struggle to turn the prison into a decent place to live.
The women’s prison Santa Monica, located in Lima is crowded with 1,200 inmates, most of them sentenced for drug trafficking and almost 30% are foreign. Six with Eight, recounts the story of 6 women convicted of the crime of “burrier”. These women – from different nationalities – shares the same years of imprisonment, six years with eight months, but also the painful of not having close their children and families. Six with Eight, explores their fears, regrets and motivations that obliged them to become a drug dealer, as well as their struggle to turn the prison into a decent place to live.
