Guatemala Changes Rules for Minors Visiting Prisons to Prevent Sexual Exploitation
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- Guatemala’s Interior Ministry adopted new parameters for minors visiting correctional facilities.
- The changes aim to prevent sexual violence, exploitation and human trafficking and amend regulations issued in 2017.
Guatemala’s Interior Ministry has changed the rules governing visits by minors to the country’s prison facilities, with the stated aim of protecting them from sexual violence, exploitation and human trafficking.
The changes were established through Government Agreement 150-2026, which reforms Government Agreement 195-2017. The new measure sets out updated parameters for visits by children and adolescents to correctional centers.
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Originally published by La Hora in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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