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Louisiana Tries Again: State promises to close Jetson Prison for Youth

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

May 30, 2008 Editorial, NY Times Louisiana Tries Again Two years have passed since the federal courts relinquished control of Louisiana?s notoriously troubled juvenile justice system. The state regained its autonomy by reducing the number of children held in detention and by promising to embrace reforms based on Missouri?s system, which long ago abandoned sprawling, prison-style facilities in favor of small, regional facilities that focus on rehabilitation. Despite those promises, Louisiana?s read more

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 03, 2008 (boomark / email).