MEXICO’S NEW NATIONAL DIRECTOR At Juvenile Justice Advocates International we are pleased to announce our new National Director in Mexico: Sarahí García! Sarahi has been with us for 5 years dedicating her hard work to children and young people in prison so they can have a future once outside of the system. VIRTUAL HEARINGS AND […]
Newsletter october 2022
THE IMPORTANCE OF A CHILD’S ROOTS Citlali* and Kabil* are the parents to Nicte*. Nicte is a 17 year old boy from the Rarámuri indigenous group located in Chihuahua State in Mexico. Nicte was detained three years ago and placed in the Chihuahua City Detention Center. He does not speak Spanish. He is part of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Monthly Newsletter June 2022
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 and subsequently taken into the detention […]
Monthly Newsletter May 2022
Topics of our report for the month of May 2022 Webinar: Solitary confinement in adolescents and youth, a pending issue We delivered the donations from our campaign “No estxs solx” (You Are Not Alone) in Mexico City The Court of Justice for adolescents in Durango is in danger
Monthly Report March 2022
We presented our State Diagnosis in Chihuahua at the Superior Court of Justice, where members of thejudiciary were able to join us at the event. Within the relevant data that was shared at this event, it stands out that Chihuahua has maintained itsaverage time to trial for youth in detention; meaning that the pandemic did […]