by Douglas Keillor | Apr 27, 2021 | News
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...
by Douglas Keillor | May 1, 2020 | News
“Information can save lives,” was the phrase used by. the founding member and director of Documenta A.C., MarÃa Sirvent, regarding transparency by the authorities in charge of the adolescent justice system in Mexico, in the face of the COVID-19...
by Douglas Keillor | Mar 24, 2020 | News
*Specific communication for Mexico was released and is available in Spanish, click here for more info. Juvenile Justice Advocates International’s (JJAI) vision is that children are only detained as a last resort and for the shortest period of time possible. JJAI...
by Douglas Keillor | Oct 4, 2017 | News
(Video only available in Spanish) Last September 28th, Congressperson Victor Manuel Sanchez Orozco, of the Movimiento Ciudadano party, presented a legal reform to the National Juvenile Justice System Law in Mexico´s National Congress. Juvenile Justice Advocates has...
by Douglas Keillor | Jun 21, 2016 | News
[:en]The teacher was preparing her lesson when we entered the empty classroom at 9:15 A.M. She had written a few math problems written on the chalkboard. We had brought a group of experts from the United States and we were on an official tour of the juvenile detention...
