We delivered 5 care packages full of shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste and female hygiene products to girls from the Centro Especializado para Mujeres Adolescentes detention center. We also delivered sports equipment to four male detention centers to help children stay active and healthy while in confinement. Additionally, the Mexico City Detention Center Evaluation Project, which […]
A successful celebration
During our 2022 Annual Celebration I STAND WITH THEM, our team felt renewed as they met with dozens of friends and allies of the children in conflict with the law who joined our main fundraiser of the year. They helped us raise $24,000 dollars surpassing our goal and providing a foundation for our work in […]
Monthly Newsletter September 2022
A SUCCESSFUL CELEBRATION! During our 2022 Annual Celebration I STAND WITH THEM, our team felt renewed as they met with dozens of friends and allies the children in conflict with the law who joined our main fundraiser of the year. They helped us raise $24,000 dollars surpassing ogoal and providing a foundation for our work […]
Improving the lives of children
Part of a successful reintegration is to provide new opportunities for the children who finish their time in the juvenile justice system, which is why Juvenile Justice Advocates International continuously supports the children with workshop materials. At the CEMEPA detention center in Mexico City the baking workshop is in full swing with more children participating […]
The piloting of our re-entry services project takes off in Durango
As part of the preparations for the piloting of the Services for Youth in Release Model and the Re-entry Services Project, we held a focus group with parents of the children who are interned at the CERTMI detention center in Durango. On Sunday, August 21, the consulting psychologist of JJAI, carried out a workshop with […]
USAID visit in Chihuahua
The Program for the Prevention and Reduction of Violence (PREVI) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with whom we are collaborating for the Re-entry Services Project, visited us in Chihuahua and congratulated us for the work that was done in the region. This project has been successfully implemented thanks to JJAI’s commitment […]
Families Healing
Planning a visit to a detention center is often a difficult task for the parents of children in conflict with the law. Many of them come from poor communities that are very far from where the detention centers are located. Affording a trip to the detention center is not something they can easily contemplate. On […]
Newsletter august 2022
Planning a visit to a detention center is often a difficult task for the parents of children in conflict with the law. Many of them come from poor communities that are very far from where the detention centers are located. Affording a trip to the detention center is not something they can easily contemplate. On […]
A generous award from the march family foundation
We are deeply appreciative for the continued support of the March Family Foundation, and their generous award of $15,000. Our several-year relationship has been key in laying the foundations for several of our projects supporting youth in conflict with the law. The March Family Foundation shares with JJAI the belief that access to justice must […]
JJAI reunites families in rural areas of Chiapas
Berriozábal is a small town in the Southern State of Chiapas. It is located only 15 miles, but over 45 minutes away from the State’s capital, Tuxtla Gutierrez on poorly maintained roads. This is the location of the “Villa Crisol” Juvenile Detention Center, one of only two detention centers for youth in the whole state. […]