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Appeals court temporarily halts removal of Louisiana teens from controversial Angola prison site

Por: The Advocate Crime September 14, 2023

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The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily stopped the forced transfer of juveniles from  ordered by a Baton Rouge federal judge who called conditions there for the teens intolerable. Last week, Chief U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick ordered the Office of Juvenile Justice to transfer youth from the controversial Angola unit, slamming state officials for using solitary confinement, handcuffs, pepper spray and noting the lack of... + full article



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