Mother travels 10 hours to meet her son after inmates leave an institution in Santa Rita, PB, and reports precarious situation

The mother of one of the people admitted to a rehabilitation institution traveled around 10 hours to find her son, who is part of the group of inmates who left a farm in Santa Rita, in Greater João Pessoa, and spent the night at a gas station on the banks of BR-230. On TV Cabo Branco, a woman reported that she was not informed by those responsible and that she found her son in a precarious situation.

The woman who works as a farmer in the municipality of Itabaiana, in Sergipe, told TV Cabo Branco that she sent R$1500 reais per month to keep her son in the foster home. In addition, she also sent personal items, such as clothes and slippers.

"But he is here in a precarious situation, barefoot, suffering from hunger and thirst," he said.

The inmate's mother also said that she was informed by the mother of another person sheltered so that she could come and get her son.

"The institution didn't contact our family. Neither me nor anyone to let them know that they had escaped. I don't know what happened", he says.

According to the woman, the institution made a video call between inmates and their families every 15 days. This week, she found it strange that there was no news and contacted those responsible for the place.

"He said that they were going to postpone the video call until next week because those welcomed were going on a spiritual retreat and the internet was bad," he said.

According to the lieutenant colonel, after contacting the person responsible for the space, some people decided to return, while others asked their family members to pick them up.

The group of people left after a physical attack at the location. According to TV Cabo Branco, the episode began after an argument involving a person who went to pick up a family member who was at the house. The person attacked registered a police report.

Dorgivan de Castro, owner of the farm where the shelter was located, told TV Cabo Branco that he found out about the events from the person who registered the report. When he arrived at the location, some of the people and the leadership responsible for the group had already left.

"I found out about it through the person who made the report. When I came here, to the place, the staff had already escaped, the leadership that was here was taking care of the staff and many people had also escaped. We brought back those who wanted to return, we welcomed those who stayed to provide assistance and lead them back to their families", he said.

Dorgivan told TV Cabo Branco that he was approached by a man identified as Gláucio Amaral to rent the property and set up a branch of a halfway house that operated in the municipality of Goiana, in Pernambuco.

The owner told the station that he does not intend to maintain the rental of the space. According to him, the intention is to locate people's families so that they can return home.

On Friday morning (23), around 10 people still remained at the gas station.