"The kids who come in are getting worse and worse. I have poly-drug addicts. I don't have the necessary training to treat any of these addictions," laments a worker at a juvenile justice center who asked ARA to remain anonymous to avoid reprisals. In the last year, he has seen psychotic episodes, minors addicted to psychotropic drugs, and various mental health conditions for which he is unprepared. However, he explains that he has had to do it anyway, since the center doesn't have enough resources to guarantee professional care.

The murder of a social worker in a juvenile justice floor in Badajoz The death of three of the admitted children has inflamed the spirits of Catalan professionals. This Wednesday morning, they gathered outside their workplaces, and in the afternoon, they did so in Barcelona's Plaça de Sant Jaume, at a gathering organized by the College of Social Educators of Catalonia (CEESC), which attracted nearly 200 people. "We're not surprised by what happened in Badajoz," exclaimed a professional who works at a shelter, the "funnel" through which abandoned minors pass under the guardianship of the Directorate General for Child and Adolescent Care (DGAIA) before being referred to the final resource. "We've normalized many complicated situations, assaults, and threats," asserted Noèlia.