No room for privacy at Juvenile Justice Board and Child Welfare Committee offices in Krishnagiri
The Juvenile Justice Board and Child Welfare Committee in Krishnagiri operate in a location that lacks privacy for vulnerable children. The cramped and public setting raises concerns about the safety and well-being of child abuse survivors. Authorities are aware of the need for a more secure environment and are planning to relocate the offices to a new building.
- ▪The JJB and CWC have been functioning in a commercial complex for 14 years without adequate privacy.
- ▪A recent case involving a 14-year-old girl highlights the risks of exposing survivors to their offenders in public spaces.
- ▪District officials are planning to move the JJB to a new location but require funds to set up necessary partitions.
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Inside the run-down commercial complex across the new bus stand in Krishnagiri function two critical institutions that are supposed to be the pillars of justice and support for survivors of child abuse. They are supposed to shield the children from prying public glare and offer them the anonymity and privacy they desperately need.But in the bustling corridors of the DRDA-owned commercial complex, which also happens to house a railway booking counter and a mechanic shop that draws a steady stream of people, privacy is non-existent.For the past 14 years since 2012, offices of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) have been functioning from two shop rooms, with their shutters painted in dull blue and entrances that don’t bother to be discreet.A recent case…
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