Por: The Advocate Opinion July 26, 2023
It’s just common sense that juvenile offenders ought not to with older inmates in a jail: The last thing anybody wants is for time spent behind bars to inculcate worse behavior in the young people we want to turn from a life of crime. And common sense is what Louisiana officials from Gov. John Bel Edwards on down promised when they opened a “temporary” and isolated facility for juveniles on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary... + full article
The Advocate USA Opinion September 13, 2023
The idea of holding some juveniles in a hastily renovated lockup at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola was intended to be temporary.It has now officially of a federal judge. “Virtually every promise that was made has been broken,” she said, alluding to the... + más
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The Advocate USA Crime March 22, 2023
Several civil rights groups asked the U.S. Department of Education this week to investigate whether youths incarcerated at the new juvenile lockup at Angola are receiving adequate educational opportunities.Last year, amid worsening problems at a , Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards... + más
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The Advocate USA Opinion October 23, 2022
As last week started, officials from the Office of Juvenile Justice took some journalists on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The facility, where up to 24 of what officials believe are the state’s most violent teenagers can stay, is just inside the... + más
Federal judge won't block plan to put teens at Angola: 'Untenable must yield to the intolerable' | The Advocate
Youth advocate says juveniles fearful as they 'live under the threat' of being sent to Angola | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Crime September 24, 2022
A federal judge says Louisiana’s to the State Penitentiary at Angola is “untenable” and disturbing.But the judge denied a request to immediately halt the plan, saying that, despite of activists, the youths' families and a cohort of lawyers, moving teens deemed... + más
James Gill: Plan to house juvenile offenders at Angola has bleeding hearts in a tizzy | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Opinion September 21, 2022
The feds are absolutely right: Putting a juvenile prison on the grounds of the is surely “problematic.”Whether it is a violation of federal law or not is a question that officials are debating now. What is not at all clear in the immediate term, though, is whether there’s... + más
Feds say Louisiana's plan to put teens in Angola is 'problematic,' call for other solutions | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Crime September 20, 2022
When youths held at Bridge City Center for Youth in Jefferson Parish learned that , their attorneys reported the teens started to panic. Youths began to call both the Louisiana Center for Children's Rights and their parents to assure their families they hadn't been... + más
The Advocate USA Opinion September 17, 2022
You can see why the plan to rehouse a bunch of on the grounds of the Angola state pen put so many bleeding hearts in a tizzy.Just think of the psychological trauma caused by proximity to such desperate specimens. The adult inmates must have been trembling in their boots. Those... + más
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