Hundreds of Filipino children and youth suffer incredible harm and abuse in jails and in government youth detention centers. Many are sexually abused by adult prisoners. Minors held in these terrible places are abused, go hungry and are traumatized. The ray of hope is that compassionate family court judges are releasing more minors to youth homes like the Preda Foundation (
) and other NGO's.
In some cities, the minors, suspected of petty crime, never get to the jails; they are shot and killed by death squads. In Davao City alone, 76 people were killed from January to July 2009, some of them children, the US government report said.
In some cities, the minors, suspected of petty crime, never get to the jails; they are shot and killed by death squads. In Davao City alone, 76 people were killed from January to July 2009, some of them children, the US government report said.
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