CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASES

5.01.03 VIGIL for youth killed at Bridge City on Friday, 5/2
4.22.03 Ad addressing legislators from LA Faith Communities
4.14.03 Tallulah on Trial (click here to go to Tallulah on Trial)
12.18.01 Child's Rights Violated

RECENT PRESS

6.25.03 EDITORIAL: A promising start (Times Picayune)
6.24.03 Reform is now law, but...? (Associated Press)
6.20.03 House supports plan (The Advocate)
6.17.03 The Other Tallulah (The Gambit)
6.04.03 EDITORIAL: Weighing down a good idea (Times Picayune)
6.03.03 Juvenile Justice Bill wins house approval (Times Picayune)
6.03.03 House backs moving Juveniles (Louisnana Gannett)
6.03.03 Juvenile Justice Reform Approved (The Advocate)
6.02.03 House passes Juvenile Justice Bill (Associated Press)
5.30.03 Captive Jobs (Times Picayune)
5.29.03 Juvenile Parole Board Proposed (Times Picayune)
5.25.03 Captive Economy (Monroe News-Star)
5.22.03 Reform language hits a snag (Associated Press)
5.24.03 EDITORIAL: Reform way overdue (Shreveport Times)
5.18.03 EDITORIAL: Pass reform for juveniles (The Advocate)
5.17.03 Letter to Editors from mothers (Times Picayune)
5.16.03 Tallulah debate still rages (Times Picayune)
5.16.03 WAFB News Headlines
5.17.03 Hearings on Juvenile Jails challenged (Times Picayune)
5.14.03 Juvenile Justice Reforms Pass (Associated Press)
5.14.03 Brady to hear juvenile prison case Fri (Associated Press)
5.13.03 Poll shows suppport for JJ reforms (Associated Press)
5.13.03 Senate panel backs bill to close Tallulah (the Advocate)
5.13.03 Juvenile Justice system overhaul approved (the Advocate)
5.12.03 Bills aim to reform JJ, close Tallulah (Associated Press)
5.11.03 EDITORIAL: Clearing the air (Times Picayune)
5.09.03 Tallulah bill held up (Times Picayune)
5.07.03 Legislature votes to close Tallulah (Advocate)
5.03.03 EDITORIAL: Death behind bars (Times Picayune)
5.02.03 Teen inmate dies after altercation (Times Picayune)
5.01.03 Coroner: Inmate's Death A Homicide (WDSU/TV 6)
4.27.03 EDITORIAL: Lawmakers should accept Reforms (Times Picayune)
4.24.03 LA may be able to get out of Prison Contract (AP)
4.24.03 Picture still muddled at Tallulah (Daily Advertiser)
4.24.03 Juvenile justice bill gets overhaul (the Advocate)
4.24.03 Loophole could get state out of bond deal (The Advocate)
4.24.03 Panel OKs Juvenile Justice Bill (Times Picayune)
4.21.03 A Particularly Ghastly Jail (The Economist, England)
4.16.03 Chief Justice Calls for Prison Reform (Associated Press)
4.15.03 Prison Came Under Fire (Times Picayune)
4.14.03 Teen Testifies to Beatings (Associated Press)
4.14.03 Hearing to Probe Tallulah (Associated Press)
4.08.03 EDITORIAL: Calling Governor Foster (Times Picayune)
4.01.03 Bill Would Pull Youths From Prison (The Advocate)
3.30.03 Youth Correctional Catastrophes? (American Press)
3.13.03 Gambling with Lives (Times Picayune)
3.11.03 Prison Cantract Calls for Action (The Advocate)
3.11.03 Richard Stalder: the Prison Specialist (Times Picayune)
3.10.03 EDITORIAL: Band-aid or Amputation? (Times Picayune)
3.09.03 EDITORIAL: A Costly Failure (Times Picayune)
3.08.03 EDITORIAL: Reform Needed for Juvenile Jails (The Advocate)
2.12.03 Missouri Offers Guide for LA Prisons (The Advocate)
2.11.03 EDITORIAL: Reform State Juvenile Prison System (American Press)
2.06.03 EDITORIAL: Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, LA)
11.12.02 Judge Orders Youth Removed from Tallulah (AP)
11.08.02 Tallulah and Beyond (Times Picayune)
6.27.02 Letter to Editor (The Advocate)

3.31.00 New York Times: Justice Dept sues over Tallulah
3.16.00 New York Times: Abuse of Six Inmates at Juvenile Prison

YOUTH TESTIMONIALS
(Collected and presented anonymously)

Written Testimony
Audio File (mp3 file - read by an anonymous reader)
Ya' Heard Me (Publication of Youth Writing and Artwork)

CAMPAIGN ACTION ALERTS (click here)

BACKGROUND ON TALLULAH

2003
TALLULAH TIMELINE: History of Tallulah laid out along with the debates that have surrounded it
Juvenile Justice Reform Fact Sheet, released by Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana

2001
"Prison Owners Still Get State Money", The Advocate
"Can this Prison Change its Stripes?" The Gambit Weekly

2000
Judge Removes Boys from the Privately Run 'Jena Prison,' New York Times
DOJ Sues Wackenhut Corp and state of Louisiana, New York Times

1999
JJPL Sues Louisiana over the Jena Youth Prison ("Tallulah 2")

1998
"Profits at a Juvenile Prison Come at a High Cost", New York Times
U.S. Department of Justice Sues Louisiana, New York Times
Louisiana Seizes Tallulah Prison from Private Owners, New York Times
JJPL Sues Louisiana and its Dept of Corrections over Tallulah

REPORTS AND RULINGS

2002
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's Report and Recommendations
Judement Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge, Mark Doherty

2001
Legislative Auditor's Report on Financial Background of Tallulah, by Dan Kyle

1998
U.S. Department of Justice Lawsuit against Louisiana

1996 / 1997
U.S. Department of Justice, Findings Letters
U.S. Department of Justice, Emergency Findings Letters

1995
Human Rights Watch Report

BACKGROUND ON THE PRISON BOOM

2003 Prison Rates Among Blacks Reach a Peak, Report Finds, New York Times
2002 Steady Increase in Costs of Criminal Justice New York Times
2001 "Jail Breaks: the Subsidization of the Private Prison Industry"
1998 "The Prison Industrial Complex" by Eric Schlosser, Atlantic Monthly

Website: Debt to Society

OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The UN Convention Against Torture