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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...
Judge approves ‘untenable’ plan to house child inmates in Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison death...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA federal judge has approved the state of Louisiana’s plan to move troubled juvenile prisoners to...
Louisiana begins moving child inmates to notorious Angola prison’s former death row unit
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEight incarcerated young people have been moved from troubled detention facilities across Louisiana...
Can teens be transferred to Angola? Move proposed by Louisiana governor on hold
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYouth at a detention center in Bridge City, where multiple juveniles have escaped this year, will...
Louisiana should remove incarcerated youths from Angola immediately, federal official says
Daily Comet via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA juvenile justice program administrator for the federal government told Louisiana officials...
Juveniles at Louisiana's Angola maximum-security prison will move to new youth facility in the fall
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJuveniles currently housed at the country’s largest maximum-security adult prison in Louisiana will...
Juvenile detainees to be moved to Angola after small group causes 'tremendous chaos'
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter youth broke out of Bridge City Juvenile Detention Center and were accused in a shooting, Gov....
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...
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 ...
An infamous adult prison is no place for incarcerated kids. Get it together, Louisiana.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOur country’s incarcerated youth are in crisis, and they have been for a long time. Children are...