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The full official title of the agency is Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Youth Services, Office of Juvenile Justice (DPSC/YS/OJJ). [1] The agency has its headquarters in the first floor of the Louisiana State Police Building in Baton Rouge. [2] The agency's current head is E. Dustin Bickham.
Unincorporated East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States: Status: Closed: Opened: October 1, 1948: Closed: January 26, 2014: Managed by: Formerly: Louisiana Department of Corrections, Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice: Website: Jetson Center for Youth Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
The juvenile centers that were operated by the department included: [35] Bridge City Center for Youth (BCCY) - Bridge City, unincorporated Jefferson Parish [35] Louis Jetson Center for Youth (JCCY) - unincorporated East Baton Rouge Parish, near Baton Rouge and Baker [35] A. L. "Red" Swanson, Sr. Center for Youth (SCCY, later SCCY-MON) - Monroe ...
The murder rate in Baton Rouge for 2011 was the 8th highest in the nation among large cities at 27.6 per 100,000. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Baton Rouge also had the 25th highest violent crime rate in the U.S. in 2011 with a rate of 1,065.7 violent crimes per 100,000, surpassing New Orleans at 792 per 100,000. [ 10 ]
To qualify, a juvenile must be a first-time offender and the crime must be minor. Kids whose cases go on the diversionary docket typically are put on probation and ordered to do community service.
He was in jail for allegedly selling a controlled substance and was recently sentenced for the crime according to WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News. Wilson died of asphyxia due to hanging. Jail or Agency: Union County Jail; State: Mississippi; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 4/22/2016; Age at death: 26; Sources: www.msnewsnow.com, www ...
The act created the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) within the Department of Justice to administer grants for juvenile crime-combating programs (currently only about US$900,000 a year), gather national statistics on juvenile crime, fund research on youth crime and administer four anti-confinement mandates regarding ...
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 348 law enforcement agencies employing 18,050 sworn police officers, about 405 for each 100,000 residents. This is the largest ratio of policemen to residents of any state and compares to a national average of 251 to 100,000.