No menu items!

Dramatic situation in Uruguay’s youth detention center

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A parliamentary general committee session to which the heads of the institution and the rector of the Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) were summoned had to be interrupted due to reports of rioting, with one wounded detainee while another escaped.

On behalf of the opposition bench, Bettiana Díaz denounced shortly before the session the daily conflict and lack of institutional sustainability due to the absence of solutions, and the precariousness in which both adolescents and workers find themselves.

"We have grown tired of repeating that there is a problem of suitability and competence on the . . .

To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed?

Check out our other content