Young offenders should no longer be sent to the Essequibo remedial facility, NOC, according Head of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) Ann Greene who also said the police practice of releasing accused child sex offenders after 72 hours must end.
Greene was speaking on Friday at a meeting of the CPA with the media on raising awareness about child protection and increasing advocacy and noted that for January to June this year there was a total of 1117 cases of child abuse with mothers the biggest offenders followed by fathers. She added that “home is where the hurt is” and some of the victims couldn’t even say who had abused them “they literally do not have a voice”.
Held at the Halito Hotel and Residence on Middle Street, Greene delivered a presentation on