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Euskadi Aims to Reduce Juvenile Reoffending Rate Below 10% with New Justice Plan

The VI Juvenile Justice Plan, approved by the Basque Government, will boost funding for the Ibaiondo juvenile center in Zumarraga to 43 million euros.

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The Basque Government has approved the VI Juvenile Justice Plan for the 2025-2029 period, aiming to reduce the reoffending rate of minors below 10% and significantly increasing funding for the Ibaiondo center.

The Basque Government yesterday approved the VI Juvenile Justice Plan 2025-2029, reaffirming its commitment to an educational rather than punitive public intervention in juvenile justice. This new initiative strengthens institutional coordination, individualized attention, and prevention, setting a primary goal: to continue reducing the reoffending rates of minors under 18. While the rate has decreased from 13% to the current 11% since 2024, the plan aims to maintain this downward trend to bring the rate below 10%.
The document also proposes strengthening the funding for centers. The Ibaiondo center, located in Zumarraga and the only Level I center in Euskadi, where the most restrictive measures are implemented, will have a budget of nearly 43 million euros over the next four years. The Basque Executive, which has had jurisdiction over juvenile justice since 1996, has oriented its policies over the last 30 years towards accountability and reintegration for minors who have committed offenses.
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"This data reinforces the effectiveness of an intervention that is educational, restorative, and promotes responsibility."

Sources from the Department of Justice
The new plan is structured into four strategic lines that build upon the previous plan. The first focuses on preventing “transgressive behaviors”; the second emphasizes institutional coordination; the third aims to improve the quality of intervention through protocol adaptation and specialized professional training; and the fourth reinforces “public responsibility and the management model.”
The Department of Justice will allocate over 12.5 million euros to open-medium services and programs, where judicial measures are fulfilled without internment. Regarding educational centers, the public Ibaiondo center will have a budget of nearly 43 million euros. Meanwhile, Level II and III centers, managed by non-profit organizations, will receive 57.7 million euros. Of the 14.7 million euros allocated for security, half will go to the Ibaiondo center.
For the 2025-2029 period, the plan foresees sufficient provision of specialized professionals in both open-medium services and educational centers. In the open-medium area, a ratio of 1 professional per 15 minors is established. Bizkaia will have 16 professionals, Gipuzkoa eight, and Araba five.

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