“My name is B. My parents are divorced and my father now lives with our stepmother, who was extremely abusive towards us. Because of this abuse, I left home to live in the street with a group of friends. They taught me to steal, extort, fight, smoke … One day, I took part in a robbery and we were caught by the police. We were arrested, beaten, taken to the police station and thrown into prison. With the support of BNCE, I was placed in The Rescue Centre, a special district juvenile prison. Today, thanks to the BNCE teams, my father visits me regularly and I know I can build a new future. What I would most like to do while I live at the Centre is learn a trade, maybe bakery.”
