Por: The Advocate Crime November 19, 2022
The head of Louisiana's Office of Juvenile Justice has resigned amid a inside the state's youth lockups including , riots and a capacity shortfall that the agency recently said had forced it to stop accepting youth .OJJ Deputy Secretary William Bill Sommers served atop the agency since 2020 and submitted his resignation to Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday, Edwards said in a statement. Sommers will be succeeded by current OJJ Assistant... + full article
The Advocate USA Opinion November 27, 2022
Just in time for Christmas, Louisiana for our most troubled children.Not even at Angola, the functional equivalent of the stables of Bethlehem long ago, for those on the fringes of society.Officials of the Office of Juvenile Justice notified judges and district attorneys around... + más
Guest column: The Missouri approach to juvenile justice would work here too, if Louisiana would give it a real chance | The Advocate
See inside the old death row building where teens will live once they're moved to Angola | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Crime November 16, 2022
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... + más
Head of Louisiana's Office of Juvenile Justice resigns amid crisis in state's youth jails | The Advocate
WPLG Local 10 USA Nation November 05, 2022
In California, lawyers accused staff at the Los Angeles County jail of for days at a time. In West Virginia, people held in the Southern Regional Jail urine and semen in their food. In Missouri, staged multiple uprisings last year, while in Texas, a Harris County Jail said she... + más
US jails rife with violence, abuse and overcrowding | Associated Press
Why it's so hard to fix housing overcrowding in Los Angeles | Los Angeles Times
Associated Press USA Life November 04, 2022
US jails rife with violence, abuse and overcrowding | WPLG Local 10
The Advocate USA Crime November 02, 2022
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards plans to call for a probe into a Red River Parish youth jail where a recent called attention to years of allegations that guards raped incarcerated children, failed to respond to suicide attempts and operated with impunity from administrators... + más
Number of US suicides rose 4% in 2021, CDC report finds | ABC News
Military suicides drop as leaders push new programs | WPLG Local 10
The Advocate USA Crime October 18, 2022
Motivational posters adorned the walls and a National Hockey League commercial blared from a TV mounted opposite a row of barred cells — measures officials hope will make an old death row building feel more welcoming for incarcerated teens who will soon live there.The first... + 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 Opinion September 30, 2022
Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick that will allow Louisiana to move forward with its proposed plan to house adjudicated youth in a facility on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.This decision contradicts everything we know about youth... + más
DA Hayden must take juvenile justice reform seriously | The Boston Globe
Louisiana teens get support, a second chance through this specialty juvenile court program | The Advocate
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