Nine of the 16 past graduates are working in welding jobs now
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1 escapee is charged with armed carjacking for shooting a 59 y.o. man and stealing his car
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Adding the B-SCAN body scanner to the screening process made it next to impossible for inmates to sneak drugs into the facility
D.A. Tony Clayton said the riot was just the latest in a string of issues involving teens at out-of-state facilities
The city must build a $60 million expansion for inmates with mental and medical health problems
The temporary approval of such tactics is a sign of increasingly desperate conditions inside Louisiana's aging and understaffed juvenile jails
Up to 50 SWAT officers were called in to control the situation at the Bridge City Center for Youth facility
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
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Last month, a district attorney called on the parish to replace the facility, which he described as "outdated and potentially dangerous"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%
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