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Louisiana's troubled juvenile prisons full, 'cannot safely accept more youth,' letter says

Por: The Advocate Crime November 16, 2022

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Louisiana's  are at full bed capacity and can't accept any more teen offenders, state officials said in a letter last week to youth judges, in which they requested the judges' help in releasing some low-risk teens back to their communities.The Office of Juvenile Justice is working diligently to step-down or seek your permission to release youth on parole, OJJ officials said in the Nov. 10 letter, which The Advocate The... + full article



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