State Loses Attempt to Deny Investigation of Juvenile Conditions

The Advocate reports that Middle District Judge James Brady has given approval to state juvenile court judges to proceed with hearings that will explore conditions at Louisiana's prisons for youthful offenders in Tallulah and Bridge City. The ruling denied a state attempt to block the hearings.

Basically, the juvenile court judges can decide whether individual juveniles are being mistreated at the prisons and can order the juveniles removed from the prisons. What the juvenile court judges cannot do is order the state to fix the prisons, Brady wrote.

Posted by AJR at June 5, 2003 08:01 AM