In 2019, the People's Advocate for Children’s Rights monitored the child protection system that interacts with the penitentiary system and prepared the Thematic Report on "Assessment of observance of the children’s rights in state custody in connection with the prosecution or execution of the sentence188”. As a result of the monitoring, the following problematic aspects were established:  Poor endowment of the material-technical base of all penitentiaries where children are detained;  Psychological assistance and assistance services for reducing conflict situations are poorly developed;  Residential spaces do not meet the standards of health protection and child development;  Sanitary blocks are a potential source of infection;  The educational system does not meet the needs of children;  The inability of the penitentiary system to ensure the effective isolation of children prevented by prevented adults;  Weak intervention of the penitentiary and probation system in the process of resocialization of juveniles released from detention. The People’s Advocate for Children’s Rights mentions that the situation of respecting children's rights in contact / conflict with the law, becomes a problem that is constantly growing due to the multitude of factors that influence it in relation to the constant increase in the number of crimes. An obvious increase of the indicators is observed in the chapter “Serious crimes”, where 35 and 26 crimes were registered respectively in 2018, 2019 compared to 23 and 24 in 2016, 2017 (see the table below). Although less than in the same period of 2018, the indicator is increasing compared to 2016 and 2017189”, that is why it requires due attention from the authorities. Year 2016 Year 2017 Year 2018 Year 2019 23 24 35 26 In this context, it is important that the competent institutions investigate any increase in the indicators of crime and the causes that have generated it, as well as come up with the necessary 188 http://ombudsman.md/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/RAPORTCOPIIDET2019red-%E2%80%94%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F.pdf 189 http://politia.md/ro/advanced-page-type/rapoarte-si-evaluari 113