La. Office of Juvenile Justice Seeks Funding for Vernon Juvenile Center - American Press

La. Office of Juvenile Justice seeks funding for Vernon Juvenile Center

By Pamela Sleezer The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice is seeking $15 million in state funds to lease and renovate an old Vernon Parish jail facility into a new juvenile detention center. According to OJJ Deputy Secretary Courtney Myers, the facility in Vernon Parish would house about 56 adjudicated youth and would help alleviate a problem felt across the state with a “bed shortage” for pre- and post-adjudicated youth in the justice system. …

La. Office of Juvenile Justice seeks funding for Vernon Juvenile Center - American Press

The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice is seeking $15 million in state funds to lease and renovate an old Vernon Parish jail facility into a new juvenile detention center. According to OJJ Deputy Secretary Courtney Myers, the facility in Vernon Parish would house about 56 adjudicated youth and would help alleviate a problem felt across the state with a “bed shortage” for pre- and post-adjudicated youth in the justice system. “We have had about…