Metropolitan detention center articles
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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...
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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.
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Metro Detention Center seeing ‘progress’ in staffing shortages
“I think we’re continuing to make strides.”