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Our Views: If contract juvenile prisons are this bad, why does Louisiana use them?

Por: The Advocate Opinion November 04, 2022

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A horrific story about on the front page of The New York Times is not that unusual, as new organizations have found of problems at our state’s juvenile facilities.When are we going to fix the problems?Gov. John Bel Edwards called for an investigation into the report of allegations that guards raped incarcerated girls, failed to respond to suicide attempts and operated in rural Red River Parish with apparent immunity from arrest or prosecution... + full article



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