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YATQTI presents the issue of Notes for Reflection 'with an investigation in juvenile facilities of La Rioja.

The representatives of the Platform, Javier Palau, Pilar Sainz and Veronica Martinez, made public this publication which includes a "work of 6 months research which shows what happens in juvenile facilities in La Rioja."

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The magazine, Palau pointed out, "you can find testimonies from teachers, family, kids and those responsible for the administration, however, there has been silence from the Council of Social Services, and the denial to participate in the events we have held and let us in at the centers, or give us access to the internal regulations. "

Also "there has been much fear and caution on the part of kids and teachers, so some items are signed anonymously."

The publication can be read, among other items, an interview with a young man who spent three years in the middle 'Valvanera Virgin' in which he says: "Question: Regarding the containment measures,? That containment measures used in downtown?. Answer: If you misbehave, then take you to the room above. you communicate what you have, and if you like that, you are two guards and you reduce it. The guards have hidden the clubs on a rack to center entrance. "

Sainz As noted, this work has been done because "the report of the Ombudsman for Children of last year,Gimenez_said_that_the_roled, warned that juvenile facilities did not meet their goals, they lack a guarantee of the rights of minors are not to oversize cause problems and abuses of isolation. "

However, commented that the "defender of the Minor lacked data centers under La Rioja, and know why we thought the situation of these children."

For his part, Martinez indicated that &quot,PP_stated_that_the_WaterE;we are concerned that hiring a company to bring the site is for purely economic reasons and not needs, also we want to develop alternatives to detention, as this is not always the solution."

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