President seeking ways to reunite juvenile female offenders with families

President David Granger on Wednes-day said that he is actively looking at ways to have some of the female juveniles offenders being held at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) on the Essequibo coast reunited with their families.

He recently returned from a visit to the facility where he said he met sad children, one of whom was weeping.

Speaking to reporters at State House, Granger said that he is concerned that more than 80% of girls there were committed for wandering. He said that one girl who has a baby was weeping because she wants to get home.