Por: The Advocate 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 particularly troubled to a facility on the infamous prison grounds does not appear to violate federal law.A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of... + full article
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
Youth advocate says juveniles fearful as they 'live under the threat' of being sent to Angola | The Advocate
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
Teens from youth facilities statewide may end up at Angola unit, Louisiana official says | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Crime September 17, 2022
The federal government is scrutinizing Louisiana's plan to move some incarcerated teens to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, with one top Washington justice official calling the idea problematic and urging the state to look for other options.Meanwhile, some state... + más
Inside the plan to house teens at Angola: Key new details emerge in federal court hearings | The Advocate
When they unveiled a plan to move some young offenders from the Bridge City Center for Youth to a high-security unit , Louisiana leaders spoke mostly about how it would stem chaos at that single youth jail.Dozens of documents and hours of testimony in federal court this week... + más
James Gill: Plan to house juvenile offenders at Angola has bleeding hearts in a tizzy | The Advocate
Teens from across Louisiana's youth jails could end up at a new high-security lockup , a state official told a U.S. judge Wednesday — a wider pool of youth inmates than officials previously disclosed.State leaders said in July that only half of roughly 50 teens currently... + más
Moving two-dozen incarcerated teenagers could have long-term consequences for the youths’ psychological wellbeing, a doctor who specializes in juvenile mental health told a federal judge Tuesday.“If you’re taking already stressed-out kids and placing them in an even more... + 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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