Behind The Lens episode 220: ‘Mothers want their kids out of there’

This week on Behind The Lens, Jackson Parish’s is housing kids awaiting adjudication in a detention center unlicensed to do so and state A through F letter grades are due out soon.

This week on Behind The Lens, Jackson Parish is housing kids awaiting adjudication in a detention center unlicensed to do so while collecting roughly $200 a day per kid from surrounding parishes, a judge lifts a two-day halt on Phase III jail building construction and state A through F letter grades for schools are due out soon.

Our guests this week are Lens reporters Nick Chrastil and Marta Jewson. 

Theme music by Podington Bear. Additional music The Dirty by Podington Bear soundofpicture.com. 

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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.