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In 2003 the Louisiana Legislature voted to turn the department's juvenile division into a cabinet level agency. [4] In 2004 the juvenile system separated from the adult system. [5] It was established as the Office of Youth Development (OYD), and it was given its current name by the Louisiana Legislature in 2008. [6]
The vast majority of youth in the Louisiana juvenile justice system are Black teens, including many who have mental health issues and have experienced trauma.
As Louisiana undertakes a massive overhaul of criminal justice laws, one of the most controversial changes is putting more 17-year-olds on trial for crimes as adults.
The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice now operates juvenile institutions. [37] The state of Louisiana has a guarantee that private prisons under the state authority will each have at least a 96% occupancy, and in the event such an occupancy is not met, the private prisons are paid as if they were at 96% occupancy. [38]
Louisiana, a state grappling with one of the highest rates of incarceration and violent crime in the country, is on the cusp of overhauling parts of its criminal justice system as the state's GOP ...
Louisiana * 1,067: 48,973: ... Juvenile detention totals from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. [3]
The 17-year-old incarcerated at the Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe, Louisiana, had a nurse take his temperature during the call; it was over 100 degrees. The next day, his mother called the ...
1975 – Programs were developed to assist children with learning disabilities who entered the juvenile justice system. 1984 – A new missing and exploited children program was added. 1984 – Strong support was given to programs that strengthened families. 1988 – Studies on prison conditions within the Indian justice system.