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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Invariably, when we hear, “Louisiana found the bottom,” someone responds, “Oh, yeah? Give me a bigger shovel!” Last month, by a vast majority, Louisiana’s citizens rejected four Constitutional amendments. The amendment beaten most soundly across the state would have permitted the Legislature to put children in adult prisons for any crime it chooses. Essentially, with its proposed constitutional amendments, the…
News: 02/19/2025 Louisiana’s incarcerated youth lose their holiday furloughs. Senators ask why. by Julie O’Donoghue, From the States. Since the end of last year, the Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice has blocked incarcerated minors and young adults entitled to regular home visits, called furloughs, from visiting their families during major holidays. The reason: There were too many problems, such as…
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…
PDF Version: Open Letter: OJJ, Football, and Children An Open Letter to Members of the Louisiana State Legislature When Deliberating Juvenile Justice-related Items During the Extraordinary Session, Consider the Study Emotional Judges and Unlucky Juveniles 1 Which Finds that LSU Tiger Football Influences the Length of Juvenile Sentences. Dear Honorable Senators and Representatives of Louisiana, The Louisiana Governor, with Proclamation…