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Hungary's Juvenile Detention Centers Now Under Police Oversight
12/10/2025
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Story summary
- Hungary placed state-run juvenile detention centers under police oversight after an abuse scandal.
- Gergely Gulyás, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's chief of staff, said current management failed to prevent crimes.
- Opposition leader Peter Magyar released a video showing abuse at a Budapest facility that sparked a protest march to Orbán's office.
- Prosecutors opened an investigation with three people detained.
- The acting director of the center resigned.
