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[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-sending-youth-angola-prison-rcna39150

Following a slew of alarming headlines about violence, mismanagement and frequent escapes from Louisiana’s juvenile lockups, the state’s governor offered a new solution last week: temporarily moving teens to the notorious Angola prison for adults.

Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, announced the decision to move the teens to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on July 19 after a series of chaotic fights, injuries and breakouts from the Bridge City Center for Youth near New Orleans, including an alleged carjacking by an escaped teen during which a man was shot. Residents in the surrounding community say they’re living in fear and have called for the facility to be shut down.

At a news conference, Edwards stressed that the Angola move is temporary, aimed at reducing the population at the troubled Bridge City until more secure youth facilities can be built or renovated. The state has too many teens in its care to consider closing Bridge City entirely, he said.

It was roughly 25 kids in juvenile detention already that were too violent for the facility they were in, including breaking out and shooting someone.

[-] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the additional context! Sounds like Louisiana has an issue with prison management at both adult and juvenile detention centers

[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah Louisiana is a shithole in a lot of regards. Their prisons are god awful third world hell holes.

I’m absolutely not defending how prisoners, teens or adults, are treated there. It’s abhorrent and the Feds should step in and put some heads on pikes over it.

I’m just saying the article is using “children” pretty loosely here to put an image in your head. These aren’t innocent scared little kids. These are teenagers that have committed very violent crimes including attempted murder.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That’s sadly common across a lot of the South.

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