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Local governments request more than $500 million to build regional and local juvenile-detention facilities — and to repair and construct some adult jails.| The Lens
Invoices show that Jackson charged OJJ nearly $2 million dollars over the past year to house juveniles in the jail, despite grave allegations of abuse and mistreatment.| The Lens
A year ago, when Jackson Parish opened its new, unlicensed juvenile jail, kids complained of extended stints of solitary confinement, along with extensive abuse and violations. A DCFS inspection supported those claims, but the agency gave the jail a license anyway.| The Lens
The ACLU sued the state after it moved children to the former death row unit at the notorious Angola prison. But a court filing says the kids have faced abuse in their new facility, too.| theappeal.org
State officials have appealed a federal judge’s removal order and are continuing their fight to lock up children on the grounds of the maximum security prison.| theappeal.org
Journal History| house.louisiana.gov
An upcoming court ruling could decide the fate of a plan to detain “problematic youth” at a facility that previously housed prisoners awaiting execution.| theappeal.org
Children at Angola prison in Louisiana are held in the former death row unit, where they report being maced, abused, and held in solitary confinement.| theappeal.org
One boy detained at Louisiana's Jackson Parish Correctional Center said children were maced and then forced to sit outside for hours.| theappeal.org
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