The “Prohibited “series are part of the “Berkendael series”. These series were made after weekly meetings with women at Berkendael prison, one of the few prisons exclusively for woman, situated in Brussels, Belgium. Through three years of running a painting workshop there, Celine Cuvelier had the opportunity to collect many unusual testimonies and stories. These series depict the objects confiscated from prisoners. Everyday, often harmless objects, that once prohibited, take on a new symbolic dimension for these women.