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Here are the notable grand jury indictments and court decisions for the week of Oct. 1, 2023.
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Here are the notable grand jury indictments and court decisions for the week of Oct. 1, 2023.
In her order, District Court Judge Shelly Dick wrote, “After hearing seven days of testimony and considering thousands of pages of exhibits, the Court finds that the conditions of confinement of the youth incarcerated at Angola constitute cruel and unusual punishment, and the punitive atmosphere and systemic programming failures violate the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Louisiana corrections officials are appealing a recent federal court order that requires the Office of Juvenile Justice to remove all youth housed at the former death row at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola by Friday.
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily stopped the forced transfer of juveniles from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola ordered by a Baton Rouge federal judge who
Children, some as young as 15, incarcerated at notorious Angola prison, which has reputation for brutality and violence