Sara's Story - homeless teen in prison gets second chance

Comunidad para Mujeres girls's prison

Sara* was living on the streets, sometimes with different friends, moving from place to place, when she was arrested by the Mexico City police. She was arrested for petty robbery. Sara, like all kids arrested in Mexico City, was first taken to the police detention for juveniles, Agency 57. After three days she was moved to the pretrial detention facility, Comunidad para Mujeres [Women's Community].

Matching Donations - 40 / 25 Challenge

Our board of directors is putting out a challenge - 40/25. 40 new donors to IJC’s Children in Prison Project, each giving $25 or more, by June 15th, and the board will match it. 

All donations go to support the Children in Prison Project in Mexico. Our current projects include: working with judges to create a pretrial release program in Mexico City, equipping a group home to care for homeless kids coming out of prison, and consulting with various state governments on the need for pretrial release alternatives. As a new non-profit, we need to get the word out about our important work with kids in detention in Mexico. If you have already donated to IJC, send this to your friends and family, and ask them to donate just $25. 

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