by JJAI News | Aug 16, 2022 | News
In the eight installment of our Reduction Time-to-Trial Task Force we developed strategies through analyzing data from different states in Mexico regarding the use of pre-trial detention in order to identify unnecessary procedural delays. The main objective of this...
by JJAI News | Aug 9, 2022 | News
Mexicans are among the biggest consumers of sweet bread in the world. Everyone has their favorite sweet bread and it is hard to walk by more than two streets without coming across a bakery. María* a young girl from the CEMEPA Center (Mexico City’s center for services...
by JJAI News | Aug 2, 2022 | News
The use of solitary confinement and isolation for detained children in Latin America is too common. Solitary confinement is overused by poorly trained guards as an “easy solution” to deter a child from misbehaving, however, it has lasting negative impacts on their...
by JJAI News | Jul 26, 2022 | News
This year’s Father’s Day at the Chihuahua Detention Center was unlike any other for some of the young fathers who live there. For Juan* it was his first Father’s Day ever. He was a young teenager when he had a baby with his girlfriend one-year before he was detained...
by JJAI News | Jul 21, 2022 | News, Reports
This year’s Father’s Day at the Chihuahua Detention Center was unlike any other for some of the young fathers who live there. For Juan* it was his first Father’s Day ever. He was a young teenager when he had a baby with his girlfriend one-year before he was detained...
by JJAI News | Jun 21, 2022 | News
A bill was proposed in the local Durango State Congress on April 21, which intended to abolish the Court of Justice for Juvenile Offenders of the State to incorporate its jurisdiction into the Superior Court of Justice, stripping the specialized office in juvenile...
