U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a ruling that will allow Louisiana to move forward with its proposed plan to house adjudicated youth in a facility on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. This decision contradicts everything we know about youth facilities. As the former director of the Missouri Division of Youth Services…
Louisiana has failed the children in its care in the Office of Juvenile Justice facilities and is planning to punish those children for its failings. The state’s plan to move children to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola will exacerbate the harms to those children and make Louisiana less safe. Malcolm Jenkins, a former New Orleans Saint,…
It’s been another huge year for LCCR. We served more than 600 kids between New Orleans and East Baton Rouge, reigned in the state’s usage of solitary confinement against children, and exposed the state’s opening of a secret juvenile prison. Click here to read all about what your support helped us achieve in FY 2022.
