11-year-old girl raped outside hospital where she was staying due to lack of space in youth care, public prosecutor denounces “institutional abuse”

20:34 The Brussels public prosecutor's office is launching an investigation into culpable neglect by the government for the shortage of places in youth care. The reason is the rape of a girl who, due to the lack of space in a sick...

According to the first evidence, the rape was committed on 2 May while the girl had left the hospital, having visibly escaped the supervision of the staff. She had been there for more than a month, by decision of a juvenile judge to take her away from her family, "lack of space available

An 11-year-old minor, who had been placed by a judge in a hospital facility because of a lack of space available in the youth welfare network, was the victim of rape, says the Brussels Public Prosecutor's Office, which considers this to be an example of institutional maltreatment. In early May, the Public Prosecutor's Office was informed by the local police of rape of a minor aged only 11 years who was placed, by a court decision of a youth judg…

An eleven-year-old girl who could not find a place in the youth care network and was therefore placed in a hospital, has become the victim of rape. According to the Brussels public prosecutor's office, children have to be placed in hospitals every day because there is no room in the youth care institutions even for the most vulnerable young people. The public prosecutor's office is talking about "institutional abuse" and has opened a criminal in…