The cart led investigators to the contractor.
The contractor led them to the clinic.
And the clinic led them to the records.
Months later, several people were charged as authorities investigated the full scope of the scheme.
The affected women received independent medical care and legal representation, with decisions concerning their pregnancies left to them rather than the institution that had already violated their autonomy.
Oksana eventually asked the investigator one question.
“Why did nobody notice sooner?”
He looked through the glass toward the corridor outside.
“Because everyone trusted the locks.”
Oksana shook her head.
“No.”
She placed her hand over her stomach.
“You trusted the people who had the keys.”
And that, investigators eventually concluded, had been the real weakness in the prison all along.
