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Appeals court stays order to shut down Angola youth unit [1]

['Charles Maldonado', 'More Charles Maldonado', 'Verite News']

Date: 2023-09-14

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Wednesday (Sept. 13) halted a federal judge’s order that the state of Louisiana shut down a controversial temporary youth detention center on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The order will pause a deadline for the state Office of Juvenile Justice to move the youths currently being held at the unit.

Last week, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick of Baton Rouge granted an emergency request from a group of civil rights attorneys representing incarcerated teens to order the state to stop all transfers to the Angola facility. Dick also ordered the state to move the youths held there to dedicated juvenile detention centers, giving the state until Friday to do so.



The order followed an eight-day hearing on the request, stretched out over three weeks, in which the youths’ attorneys argued that the facility, located in a former death row unit, was not properly equipped for juveniles and that the teenagers being held there had been subjected to harsh discipline and were not receiving educational and mental health services required by state and federal law. Attorneys for the state had claimed that the unit, which opened last year following a series of violent incidents and escapes at juvenile detention centers, was necessary to ensure public safety.

The state this week announced that it was appealing Dick’s order, but Dick on Tuesday refused to grant a stay pending the outcome of the appeal.

The state took its request to the appeals court, and on Wednesday afternoon, a three-judge panel granted the motion on a short-term basis, pending a full review of the stay request. Attorneys for the youths have until Friday to respond to the stay request.

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If you share our stories on social media, please tag us in your posts using @VeriteNewsNola on Facebook @VeriteNewsNola on Twitter. If you have any other questions, contact managing editor Tim Morris. Appeals court stays order to shut down Angola youth unit <h1>Appeals court stays order to shut down Angola youth unit</h1> <p class="byline">by Charles Maldonado, Verite News <br />September 14, 2023</p> <p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Wednesday (Sept. 13) halted a federal judge’s order that the state of Louisiana shut down a controversial temporary youth detention center on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The order will pause a deadline for the state Office of Juvenile Justice to move the youths currently being held at the unit. </p> <p>Last week, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick of Baton Rouge <a href="https://veritenews.org/2023/09/08/judge-orders-state-to-move-youths-held-at-angola/">granted an emergency request</a> from a group of civil rights attorneys representing incarcerated teens to order the state to stop all transfers to the Angola facility. Dick also ordered the state to move the youths held there to dedicated juvenile detention centers, giving the state until Friday to do so.</p> <p>The order followed an eight-day hearing on the request, stretched out over three weeks, in which the youths’ attorneys argued that the facility, located in a former death row unit, was not properly equipped for juveniles and that the teenagers being held there had been subjected to harsh discipline and were not receiving educational and mental health services required by state and federal law. Attorneys for the state had claimed that the unit, which opened last year following a series of violent incidents and escapes at juvenile detention centers, was necessary to ensure public safety. </p> <p>The state this week announced that it was appealing Dick’s order, but Dick on Tuesday refused to grant a stay <a href="https://www.nola.com/news/courts/judge-denies-states-bid-to-halt-teen-removal-from-angola/article_af54e2f8-524c-11ee-bad2-4ff83c4df704.html">pending the outcome of the appeal</a>. </p> <p>The state took its request to the appeals court, and on Wednesday afternoon, a three-judge panel granted the motion on a short-term basis, pending a full review of the stay request. Attorneys for the youths have until Friday to respond to the stay request. </p> This <a target="_blank" href="https://veritenews.org/2023/09/14/appeals-court-stays-order-shut-down-angola-youth-unit/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://veritenews.org">Verite News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-Verite-icon.png?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://veritenews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9272&ga3=319934958" style="width:1px;height:1px;"> Copy to Clipboard

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