News: 04/30/2025 Louisiana’s Jackson Parish Jail Violates Regulations, Holds Kids, by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, writing for The Appeal. (This news report is about the facility that sought to incarcerate children in shipping containers. Louisiana, we must do better.) “OJJ licensing specialists visited the jail multiple times between July and February and found the facility violated state regulations 83 times. The…
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by Julie O’Donoghue, Louisiana Illuminator November 8, 2024 In a special lawmaking session focused on tax policy, Louisiana lawmakers are also quietly moving legislation that could lead to more underage youth being sent to adult prisons. The Louisiana Senate’s Judiciary C committee voted 4-1 Thursday in favor of a state constitutional amendment to remove limitations on the number of crimes…
News: 09/09/2024 Louisiana moves further from therapeutic detention. On July 1, Louisiana’s legislature passed authority for the licensing of Juvenile Detention Centers from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Office of Juvenile Justice. In itself, this is not unusual because many states’ juvenile justice agencies are responsible for licensing juvenile detention facilities. However, in Louisiana, a state…
Update: 05/16/2024 Read Louisiana Lacks Standards to Protect Children Held in Converted Shipping Containers: an Advocacy Paper on Behalf of Louisiana’s Children, released by Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services. Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services opposes the use of converted shipping containers for the detention and incarceration of children. If Louisiana permits their use, the state must…