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Shuffle of juvenile prisoners lands 8 at adult penitentiary
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA controversial transfer of juvenile prisoners to a temporary facility at Louisiana’s sprawling high...
Louisiana is sending youth to Angola prison, which experts say could violate federal law
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTeens from the Bridge City Center for Youth will be held in their own building in the Louisiana...
Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farm
Associated Press via AOL· 8 months agoMen incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, contending...
Louisiana youth locked in solitary confinement despite 132-degree temperatures: ‘They have to hold...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe safeguarding of youth at a Louisiana penitentiary has been called into question after statements...
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
WFLA via Yahoo News· 4 months agoANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a...
We’re Putting Kids in Maximum-Security Prisons. In America.
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/GettyLouisiana has done it. They have moved young...
Louisiana moves juveniles from adult penitentiary but continues to fight court order to do so
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJuvenile detainees who were being held at a former death row building at Louisiana's adult...
Judge Orders Kids Removed From Louisiana's Former Death Row
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 9 months agoContrary to the state's promises, the kids were held in solitary confinement for days at a time,...
Children held at former Death Row prison in 133F heat with no AC and limited water in Louisiana
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoA number of children were locked in a former death row prison in Louisiana in extreme heat with no...
Housing teens at Angola could cause 'psychological trauma.' The state can do it anyways.
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA federal judge will not stop Louisiana from moving incarcerated teens in the state’s juvenile justice system to a building on the grounds of one of the largest maximum security adult prisons ...