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Lafayette's juvenile and adult jails don't want to house 17-year-olds

By MEGAN WYATT,

2024-05-19

By MEGAN WYATT,

2024-05-19

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Andree Smith

05-19

17 year olds can't even work the same hours as adults but they can be tried as adults 🤔They can join the military but can't drink a beer. You can't have consequences of adults but rules of children. Louisiana, do better. Damn..

camille ackal

05-19

The start of Jeff Landry’s madness he calls reform

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