South Africa: Fate of Ottery School for Child Offenders Uncertain

Michael Jackson impersonations, singing, rapping and gumboot dancing were on display Friday morning when boys from the Ottery Youth and Education Centre celebrated for Human Rights Day. The centre's hall was filled with students, one after another performing a song, a dance piece or reading a passage to describe what Human Rights Day meant to them.

But the rehabilitation centre for male juvenile offenders may yet have to close. Youth care centres are being relocated from the education department to the social development department.

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