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LA: Youth prison abuse alleged

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Youth prison abuse alleged * By SANDY DAVIS * Advocate staff writer * Published: Apr 19, 2008 - Page: 1A A state senator said Friday he will submit legislation next week to close Jetson Center for Youth by June 30, 2009. ?Louisiana was once notorious for having the most brutal facilities in the country,? Sen. Donald Cravins Jr. said at a rally on the steps of the State Capitol. ?Some legislators had the fortitude to try and stop that, but here we are five years later without much progress.? The Opelousas Democrat said the legislation he plans to introduce would not only close Jetson, an 850-acre boys juvenile prison near Baker, but also give the Juvenile Justice Implementation Commission more power to make sure reforms take place...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 29, 2008 (boomark / email).