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A bill to repeal Louisiana's 2016 "Raise the age" law passes a Senate committee without objection. The law ass...
Teens at Louisiana’s newest juvenile lockup, Acadiana Center for Youth at St. Martinville, were held in solitary confinement around the clock, shackled with leg irons and deprived of an education. “This is child abuse,” one expert said.
Louisiana juvenile advocates question whether youth transfer was legal
New Orleans City Council voted unanimously Thursday to expand its curfew and truancy laws to include 17-year-olds. The vote was taken up as part of the council’s consent agenda, held for “routine or non-controversial matters.” But the expansion, introduced by Councilmembers Jay Banks and Cyndi Nguyen, has sparked controversy. Council members listened to several statements opposing the expansion. Commenters cited data from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which reported that during the summer of 2019, when a youth curfew was reinstated, nearly 85 percent of all children stopped for curfe...
Alyssa Berry / WRKF For the second time in eight months, a bystander video capturing a Baton Rouge police officer restraining a Black teenager is sparking outrage and prompting calls for reform. The video, posted to social media on Sunday, shows the officer wrapping his arm around the neck of the boy as he pinned him to the ground. Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome has pledged a “thorough” investigation and advocacy groups say the incident reinforces longstanding concerns over the department’s use of force on young people. “We’re going to conduct an investigatio...