by JJAI News | May 25, 2024 | News
We made it happen thanks to you! Our 10-year celebration, “Reflections of Dignity”, held on May 18 in Mexico City, was a great success because of you! We were moved by Somasona’s incredible performance, heard from Ana María de la Rosa about how JJAI and the Mexican...
by JJAI News | Mar 31, 2023 | News
Juvenile Justice Advocates International urgently calls on the Minnesota State Legislature to adopt the Minnesota Juvenile Sentencing Reform Act (HF 1300/SF 1325) and for the Governor to sign the bill to end juvenile life without the possibility of parole in the...
by JJAI News | Mar 15, 2023 | News
MOBILIZE AND EMPOWER: 445 JJAI seeks to minimize the deprivation of children’s liberty, protect their rights and promote positive youth development through policy advocacy, technical assistance and training, community engagement and family mobilization. We currently...
by JJAI News | Mar 7, 2023 | News
Re-Entry Services in Mexico City February 21st, JJAI presented the Reentry Project in Mexico City. Our Reentry Services model has successfully helped over 100 children and their families receive post-detention supportsuch as food, education and psychological support...
by JJAI News | Jan 3, 2023 | News
In Mexico, and many other Latin American countries, there are many things to look forward to during the end-of-year Holidays. There is a celebration for the Virgen de Guadalupe, there are the Posadas, Christmas, New Year’s and in the beginning of January we celebrate...
In Honduras, we celebrated Mother’s Day Over the past several weeks, thanks to the generosity of our Restore the… Read more: A Mother’s Day of Hope in Honduras
This month, our community advanced juvenile justice reform efforts across Latin America and supported families with children deprived of… Read more: April 2026 Update
Strengthening family bonds in Honduras and Costa Rica through family reunification, family committees, and coordinated justice reform efforts.
We are working to break that cycle. In Central America, families whose children end up in the juvenile justice… Read more: In Central America, the juvenile justice system keeps punishing the same families.
In Costa Rica and Honduras, on paper, families have the right to visit their children in juvenile detention. But… Read more: This Mother’s Day, you can restore the bond between a family and a child.
Our Mobilize & Empower (M&E) project mobilizes communities to protect children in prison and empowers youth and families directly… Read more: November 2025 Newsletter