Disagreement over housing 17-year-old offenders creates confusion as new law looms
by WBRZ
WBRZ— BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge City-Parish officials want 17-year-olds transferred from the Baton Rouge Juvenile Detention Facility to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison by Friday.Currently, there are seven 17-year-olds at the juvenile detention center. WBRZ reported that the facility is nearly always at capacity and frequently unable to keep offenders in custody. Currently, the detention facility can hold 38 juveniles."Moving the 17-year-olds to an adult facility still falls under PREA, which says...
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