Péter Pál Juhász

Péter Pál Juhász ran the Szőlő Street reform institute in Budapest, a key facility in Hungary's state child-protection system, for over a decade, with house rules he personally signed prescribing a militarized regime that permitted physical restraint of residents, including gripping, holding down and pushing. He was arrested in late 2025 after security-camera footage showing abuse of residents surfaced, and was investigated on suspicion of human trafficking and forced labor. His successor, Károly Kovács-Buna, was also arrested on similar grounds after further abuse footage emerged. Seven suspects in total were taken into custody. Chancellery Minister Gergely Gulyás drew criticism for remarks widely read as victim-blaming and for defending punitive rather than pedagogical methods, underscoring years of failed state oversight of the facility.