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• Fight between jailed Baton Rouge, New Orleans teen gang members erupt into riot; 3 hurt in takeover

  June 17, 2022 7:15 AM

  BRIDGE CITY - A state-run juvenile detention center near New Orleans was taken over from the inside Thursday night after roughly 20 inmates escaped their cells. The riot happened around 9:45 p.m. inside the Bridge City Center for Youth. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said the juvenile offenders were... more »

• Five West Feliciana inmates get baptized at detention center

  December 19, 2016 11:02 AM

  WEST FELICIANA – Five inmates of the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center were baptized last week. Detention Center Chaplain Pastor Dennis Lawrence, who has been preaching at the detention center every week for the past six years, performed the baptisms. Inmates, Jeremiah Elliot, Haneif Smith, William Roach, Jr.... more »

• Six arrested for smuggling drugs into Assumption Parish detention facility

  September 30, 2016 3:20 PM

  NAPOLEONVILLE – The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office arrested six people accused of smuggling drugs into the Parish Detention Center. Sheriff's investigators initiated an investigation a few weeks ago after corrections employees reported suspicious activities outside of the facility. The investigation revealed that the contraband was being delivered to areas... more »