Uruguay’s child protection agency has ended its contract with a care home for teenagers struggling with mental health issues after openDemocracy revealed that minors at the centre were subjected to neglect, violence and chaotic management.
During the course of our investigation, the Uruguayan Institute for Children and Adolescents (INAU), did not respond to openDemocracy’s questions.
But shortly after our report was published in late July, we learned it had quietly decided to close the Himalaya Specialised Mental Health Transitional Centre and began relocating adolescents living there to other care homes. INAU did not respond to our new questions about the centre’s closure.
