Por: The Advocate Crime September 09, 2023
A federal judge on Friday ordered state officials to remove teens from a lockup at , blasting them for violating the youths' constitutional rights through intolerable use of solitary confinement, handcuffs, mace and a lack of educational and mental health programming. The ruling came in response to an emergency motion filed in July which argued that a lack of air conditioning in withering heat and guards' practice of holding teens in... + full article
The Advocate USA Crime August 01, 2023
The federal government has weighed in on a lawsuit that aims to remove youth from a temporary site at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, saying the facility is seriously harmful and potentially unconstitutional if descriptions of are true. A statement of interest... + más
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The Advocate USA Opinion July 21, 2023
In the year since Gov. John Bel Edwards announced he would , the harm of the decision has been immeasurable.Citing serious problems at existing youth facilities, the governor announced on July 19, 2022 that the state would temporarily send children to one of our country’smost... + más
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The Advocate USA Crime March 22, 2023
Several civil rights groups asked the U.S. Department of Education this week to investigate whether youths incarcerated at the new juvenile lockup at Angola are receiving adequate educational opportunities.Last year, amid worsening problems at a , Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards... + 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
Federal judge won't block plan to put teens at Angola: 'Untenable must yield to the intolerable' | The Advocate
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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 Opinion September 21, 2022
The feds are absolutely right: Putting a juvenile prison on the grounds of the is surely “problematic.”Whether it is a violation of federal law or not is a question that officials are debating now. What is not at all clear in the immediate term, though, is whether there’s... + más
Feds say Louisiana's plan to put teens in Angola is 'problematic,' call for other solutions | 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
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