‘This community loves our kids’: Washington County Children’s Justice Center opens expansions
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www.stgeorgeutah.com— ST. GEORGE — A year after breaking ground for a much-needed expansion, a large crowd gathered in the parking lot of the Washington County Children’s Justice Center recently to celebrate the facility’s new addition with a ribbon cutting. The expansion comes in the form of a new building that sits adjacent to the preexisting Children’s […]
WBRZ—After holding kids at Angola, Louisiana juvenile justice system says new Swanson center is open. MONROE — The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice said Thursday it had opened its new Swanson Center for Youth, which is intended to accommodate youths who had been spread among a number of facilities statewide, including on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.The facility can hold 72 youth in individual rooms, plus offer one-on-one services to help young criminals move into general populations.Holding juvenile offenders at Angola triggered a court fight last year....
The Guardian—A letter to my kids: sometimes, my love for you must feel conditional but on Mother’s Day, let me say that I love you. In terms of self-sacrifice, I do far less than my mother (your Nanima) did for me“Why don’t you ever say, ‘I love you’ to Nanima?”, you used to ask.“I am Indian! I take my mum to the temple instead.” Continue reading
MYHIGHPLAINS—Children’s Miracle Network miracle kid: Quaid. When Lauren Shaw went in for her 18 week sonogram, she found out her son had gastroschisis.