In February of this year, we started JJAI’s project National Task Force to Shorten Pretrial Times. This project consists of a meeting held periodically to analyze and compare data and statistics from different Mexican states. The purpose is to identify unnecessary delays in the process and to generate strategies with the aim of reducing the […]
From the 9th to the 13th of August, the second section of the course “Basic Tools for Juvenile Detention Centers” was held. During this course various actors who intervene in the juvenile justice system participated, such as detention center director, probation supervisors, as well as civil society organizations that provide services for youth in the […]
JJAI released the first results of our COVID19 monitoring in the first monthly call with authorities. The COVID19 Monitoring evaluates the preventative measures implemented during the pandemic youth detention. The directors of the participating detention centers and the members of the inter-institutional team joined JJAI via Zoom. The initial report evaluated the use proper documentation […]
Rocío gets up very early every morning to prepare for her two jobs. She cleans the houses of wealthy people, who sometimes give her clothes, purses, or shoes that they no longer use. Rocío sells these items in a street market to have an extra income. She requires a double income because she needs to […]
Silvia is going through a very difficult time. Three of her children are living behind bars. Her two eldest sons are in an adult’s prison in the state of Chihuahua, and her youngest boy, Miguel, is in a juvenile detention facility in that same state. Silvia lives very far from both prisons, in a neighboring […]
Mental health of every child in detention must be guaranteed so they can successfully reintegrate into society. The state must aid youth who go through its detention centers with positive, developmentally appropriate care. Recently, the dangerous situation unraveling inside the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (DCR) of Puerto Rico came to our attention, where several […]
“I will tell you about how I have felt ever since I learned about COVID-19…”
• Las y los adolescentes del CIEPA fueron llevados a San Miguel, Puebla en un anexo del CERESO de adultos hombres y mujeres privados de la libertad. • El Comité de Derechos del Niño de la ONU establece que un niño privado de la libertad no debe ser internado en una prisión para adultos por […]
El día 25 de mayo, el gobernador del Estado de Puebla, Miguel Barbosa Huerta, anunció a través de una videoconferencia que el Centro de Internamiento Especializado para Adolescentes (CIEPA) será un reclusorio COVID-19, donde se planea trasladar a todos los internos que resulten positivos a la infección. Dicha decisión, afectaría al menos a 13 menores […]
La pandemia que vivimos actualmente, ha venido a relucir varias debilidades del sistema penal en diversas partes del planeta. En materia de justicia para adolescentes, el COVID-19 remarcó varias carencias de las y los jóvenes en los centros de internamiento, por lo que hay una urgente necesidad de mejora en cuanto a condiciones dignas y […]
