Por: The Advocate Crime January 14, 2023
An inmate died at a Baton Rouge hospital Thursday following an altercation with another inmate last month at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the state's Department of Corrections said. DOC spokesman Ken Pastorick said the altercation took place inside the prison on Dec. 29.He added that the incident is under investigation by the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office and Louisiana State Penitentiary. No further details were... + full article
The Advocate USA Crime January 10, 2023
Two teens held at a new juvenile lockup at Angola said in court filings that youth there have been pepper sprayed, held in solitary confinement for hours with breaks only for showers and regularly had aggressive run-ins with Department of Corrections guards.The teens, identified... + más
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The Daily Beast USA Politics October 31, 2022
Louisiana has done it. They have moved young people into one of the most notorious adult prisons in the United States.In July, announced that two dozen young people from Bridge City Center for Youth—a outside of New Orleans operated by the state’s Office of Juvenile Justice... + más
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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
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 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... + más
James Gill: Plan to house juvenile offenders at Angola has bleeding hearts in a tizzy | 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
Feds say Louisiana's plan to put teens in Angola is 'problematic,' call for other solutions | 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
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