ONLY 55 out of the 114 “homes” for juvenile delinquents nationwide are operational as of June 2018, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Tuesday.

These “homes,” called Bahay Pag-Asa (House of Hope), are provided under the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (JJWA), in which one should be built in each of the 81 provinces and 33 highly urbanized cities in the country to offer intervention programs for children in conflict with the law (CICL).