Legal advocates say moving youth to the once notoriously-violent Angola prison will traumatize them and limit their access to needed programs and services.
A recent decision from a federal judge allows Louisiana s Governor to move ahead with a plan to relocate incarcerated teens to a facility on the grounds of the state’s penitentiary.
A federal judge has denied a motion by Louisiana children’s rights groups to block the state Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) and Gov. John Bel Edwards from housing juvenile offenders at Angola State Penitentiary.
An upcoming court ruling could decide the fate of a plan to detain “problematic youth” at a facility that previously housed prisoners awaiting execution.