New US funding to aid rehab of juvenile offenders

The United States yesterday pledged to strengthen operations to aid in the rehabilitation of juvenile correction centres nationwide.

“Funding will be dedicated to strengthening Guyana’s correction services, with particular focus on the management and rehabilitation of juvenile detainees,” United States Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt said yesterday.

Hardt was at the time speaking at a joint signing of part three of a Letter of Agreement (LOA) between his