Por: The Advocate Crime December 26, 2022
When a multi-dorm brawl broke out last summer at a Monroe youth prison, things spiraled out of control too quickly for the adults in charge to stop it. It started with chaos in one of the school buildings, internal reports show: “The windows in the class were broken and several youths were yelling, spitting, and throwing things out the window,” one staff member wrote. “On the other side of the window, youths from [another dorm] were... + full article
The Advocate USA 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... + 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
The Advocate USA Entertainment October 27, 2022
Nonney Oddlokken stands beside her piece, 'Hours of the Moonflower,' which hangs in her studio in St. Rose. Her piece, 'Magic in Bayou Antheneum,' is the featured design for the 2022 Louisiana Book Festival. STAFF PHOTO BY ROBIN MILLER Nonney Oddlokken's... + más
Baton Rouge Gallery features work by Friedman, Mueller, Oddlokken and Roe in October | The Advocate
Louisiana Book Festival enters its 18th year, featuring more than 200 authors and lots of activities | The Advocate
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 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
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
The Advocate USA Crime September 17, 2022
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
Inside the plan to house teens at Angola: Key new details emerge in federal court hearings | The Advocate
Feds say Louisiana's plan to put teens in Angola is 'problematic,' call for other solutions | The Advocate
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