Regional juvenile detention center is proposed

By: HARLAN KIRGAN LSN Editor The creation of a nine-parish Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District is now before the legislature. St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard, chairman of the proposed district’s board of directors, said, “Everybody in here knows that we have issues across all nine parishes.” He added, “What we do now is we’re going to the state legislature thi...

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