Behind The Lens episode 179: ‘Our best option’

A three-day court hearing on the state's plan to transfer juveniles to a facility at Angola. And the latest on the planned relocation of Gordon Plaza residents.

On this week’s episode, civil rights attorneys are attempting to block a state plan to transfer incarcerated kids to a facility on the campus of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and have taken that fight to court.

And the city of New Orleans has agreed to buy out the remaining residents of Gordon Plaza, but the amount they will pay is still to be determined.

Our guests this week are Lens reporters Nick Chrastil, Michael Isaac Stein and editor Charles Maldonado.

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Carolyne Heldman

Carolyne Heldman Rovira has been in media for 35 years, and is currently the podcast host and producer for Behind The Lens. Heldman served as executive director at Aspen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, where she launched four weekly news, public affairs, and cultural affairs programs. She has been a guest lecturer at Tulane University, is a frequent guest and moderator for the Aspen Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute.