Metro Detention Center seeing ‘progress’ in staffing shortages

KRQE News 13— “I think we’re continuing to make strides.”

WBRZ—State Inspector General: Ware Youth Center a safe, secure environment suitable juvenile detention center. BATON ROUGE — The Office of State Inspector General concluded that the Ware Youth Center, the Red River Parish youth detention center with inmates from across the state, to be "a safe and secure environment suitable to house juveniles who have entered Louisiana’s juvenile justice system" in a report released Thursday."During nine different visits to Ware, OIG investigators observed clean, safe and secure facilities and professional staff. Over the past three years, as part of its...

WGNO—Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center millage up for renewal. Voters in the Florida Parishes will be asked if they want to renew the three-mill property tax that funds the area’s juvenile justice district, which operates a 133-bed, high-security detention center.

Urban Milwaukee—MKE County: County Seeks Contractors for Youth Detention Center. A $31 million project to create addition to Vel R. Phillips Juvenile Justice Center.