Louisiana’s state-run juvenile detention facilities no longer accepting kids, citing lack of bed space
The Office of Juvenile Justice will ask judges to release kids who can be "safely reintegrated back into the community."
Tag: Juvenile Justice
Hearing on suit challenging juvenile transfers to Angola ends without ruling from bench
The judge presiding over the suit, who called the case against the state ‘thin,’ will issue a ruling later this month.
New Orleans teens in detention center were evacuated to adult prison for Hurricane Ida
Louisiana juvenile advocates question whether youth transfer was legal.
If elected judge, Ernest ‘Freddie’ Charbonnet pledges to create task force to remake juvenile justice system
Juvenile Court doesn’t leave children better off, he says.
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.
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.
