Head of the Buenos Aires Government, Jorge Macri, spoke this Monday in favor of the creation of a juvenile penal regime. In dialogue with Radio Rivadavia, he reiterated his 'historical position that adult behavior, adult punishment,' but clarified that there must be 'a detention system different from that of an adult' and 'special for young people and adolescents.' 'The problem in Argentina is the concept of the revolving door,' he pointed out. 'It is clear that when a young person kills, it is very impactful,' he added. At his understanding, 'if the person who commits crimes does not have the real perception that they can be arrested and are going to be arrested, the system fails.' 'If I have to keep catching the same person 28 times before the Justice system gives them a real prison sentence, we are doomed,' he concluded. 'If I put them in the current system, we will probably lose them,' he indicated. In this sense, he insisted that it is necessary to have 'a different approach to treating a teenager,' which is different from 'a 60-year-old repeat offender whom we have already caught a thousand times.' 'The deep discussion we have to have is whether the person who commits a crime has to be detained or not, because the problem in Argentina is the concept of the revolving door,' he remarked. The head of the Government acknowledged that 'it is not so much the crime committed by minors statistically.' 'A 13, 14, 15, or 16-year-old boy cannot go to the same prison as an adult. They have to be in another place because there is still more hope of rehabilitating and saving them.' 'They are the minority, and among serious crimes, they are also the minority.'
