The dogs are selected for the program based on their temperament and learn 37 different commands over the course of about 14 months
Officials accused a security guard of helping them escape and driving them off the premises
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Among the most pressing issues Susan Hutson faces taking over as Orleans Parish sheriff is a decrease in deputies employed by the sheriff's office
The Juvenile Justice Intervention Center is budgeted for 104 positions, of which 48 are currently vacant
"You can't do rehabilitation here if they're getting drugs inside the facility," Sheriff Becket Breaux said
The state has not executed an inmate since 2010
The outburst is the latest in a string of cases where teens have taken control from staff at the 70-year-old center
Last month, a district attorney called on the parish to replace the facility, which he described as "outdated and potentially dangerous"
Officials say that the entry-level position of juvenile justice specialist at the facility has a turnover rate of 298%
Prison staff teamed up with 130 officers and 12 K9 teams from across the state to conduct the top-down sweep
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Shwilliam Cheevis broke out of the Dixon Correctional Institute early Thursday morning
Henry Montgomery, who was convicted of killing a sheriff's deputy at age 17, has been released from prison after 57 years
Two detention officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries
The move settles a 2017 lawsuit challenging the use of solitary confinement for death row inmates in the state
“Despite the claims set forth in her lawsuit, [the deputy] was terminated after she posted a photograph of an incarcerated individual on social media, and was observed visiting him while in the jail," an official said
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