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Louisiana State Senator Calls for Youth Detention Facility to Close After ‘Escapes Embolden an Uprising’

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Louisiana State Senator Calls for Youth Detention Facility to Close After ‘Escapes Embolden an Uprising’
Office of Juvenile Justice's Bridge City Center for Youth. Courtesy of press release
Matt McGregor
By Matt McGregor
6/18/2022Updated: 6/18/2022
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BRIDGE CITY, La.—A Louisiana state senator is calling for a detention center housing juveniles who have committed violent crimes to be shut down after an “uprising” of 20 inmates in the facility on Thursday night.

State Senator Patrick Connick, a Republican, told The Epoch Times that the Bridge City Center for Youth (BCCY) wasn’t designed to hold violent criminals, having originally been a girl’s dormitory operated by nuns.

Matt McGregor
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Matt McGregor is an Epoch Times reporter who covers general U.S. news and features. Send him your story ideas: [email protected]
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