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<\/p>\nAfter years of housing juvenile inmates in the same facility as adult inmates, the Department of Corrections plans to unveil its new Juvenile Facility in May.<\/p>\n
In an interview with DOC Commissioner Anthony Torres, he shares that one of his priorities since coming into office over a year ago was to rehouse juvenile detainees.<\/p>\n
The CNMI\u2019s juvenile inmates have been housed at DOC along with adult inmates since the Kagman Juvenile Facility closed over eight years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I got [to DOC], it was one of my top priorities to get our juveniles rehoused while continuing to oversee them and continue to work with them with the help of the Division of Youth services. However, I needed to get a facility to ensure I\u2019m in compliance so I can implement more programs for them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In May, the goal is expected to become a reality as renovations to the Manhoben Care Center\u2014which DOC recently acquired to serve as the new Juvenile detention center\u2014is nearly complete.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time coming but we\u2019re almost there. The renovation process started around January. I want to thank the Department of Public Safety for working with me in giving me the old facility they were using for offices. Once we got that back, we were able to start renovating. It could have been a lot sooner but moving forward, I\u2019m grateful and happy we\u2019re getting close to the point of completion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Torres said he is shooting to open the facility up in the first week of May.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur outreach inmates are aggressively getting that place ready so we can hit that target date. We\u2019re really grateful and fortunate that we\u2019re going to complete that soon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank SNILD, for [helping us] with some of the funding to renovate the facility. I want to thank Gov. Arnold I. Palacios and Lt. Gov. David M. Apatang, Department of Public Lands, and of course the Office of Grants Management for helping us acquire second-hand air conditioners for the facility,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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