Yolanda King says she would streamline Juvenile Court docket, seek alternatives to youth detention
She has been pulled from the bench until criminal charges are resolved, but she’s running for re-election.
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Cynthia D. Samuel says she has experience, temperament for Juvenile Court judge
Over 23 years, she has handled thousands of Juvenile Court hearings and trials.
Niki Roberts would advocate for vocational training, mentoring for kids in Juvenile Court
Many children in prison-like facilities don’t belong there, Roberts said.
Desiree Cook-Calvin pledges ‘holistic’ approach if elected Juvenile Court judge
She would employ drug and mental-health counseling, parenting classes, and she’d make sure sentences are appropriate.
Jacqueline Carroll-Gilds says background as lawyer, registered nurse prepared her for Juvenile Court bench
She ran a mental-health agency for troubled youth for 11 years.
A decade after reforms ordered, critics point to problems in juvenile-justice system
Louisiana’s juvenile justice system was revamped to deal with violence and negligence. Rather than locking kids up, the state tries to treat underlying behavioral issues. But some say the new facilities, many of which are private, have the same problems as youth prisons.
Juvenile Court judges say they lack clerk, ask council to restore 10 percent budget cut
Overmedicating young inmates called chemical restraint
Antipsychotic drugs like Seroquel, developed specifically for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, are being prescribed to manage young inmates without either disorder, despite dangerous side effects.
