Overview

• The criminal investigation accuses Quorum Social 77 of hate crimes, bodily harm and threats and has resulted in the closure of two centers and the arrest of eleven employees, including its president.
• Officials in the Canary Islands and the Prosecutor’s Office received abuse complaints from 2021 but continued announced inspections that failed to uncover systemic violence.
• Quorum Social 77 currently cares for nearly 2,000 unaccompanied migrant minors—over one-third of the total in the islands—and secured €21.68 million in contracts from 2019 to 2023 plus more than €150 million in public funds since 2023.
• A February 2024 joint inspection by the regional child protection directorate and the European Asylum Agency rated a Quorum facility as low risk despite earlier ombudsman findings of “presumiblemente delictivos” conduct.
• A former Quorum employee testified that staff were instructed to use prohibited chokeholds and confine minors in a hidden room for violent containment.