Louisiana Parents Work to Invest State Resources Into Kids, Not Incarceration

The state spends up to $150,000 on each incarcerated child, which could fund education rather than locking up kids.

After nearly a year of public outrage and advocacy efforts, detained youths were finally transferred from the former death row unit of Louisiana’s State Penitentiary into a separate juvenile detention center. These youth — most of whom are Black — suffered solitary confinement, inadequate schooling, inedible food and water, and extreme heat conditions in what’s considered the largest maximum...

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