Louisiana Center for Children's Rights
@lakidsrights.org
The Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights fights to keep children out of the legal system so that they can thrive in their homes, schools, and communities.
#NowReading ➡️: "But choosing to treat a child as an adult is a serious decision that the writers of our constitution did not want to take lightly. We think that ultimate decision should remain in the hands of the people, not just the Legislature."
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Will Sutton: La. children's future hangs in the balance with Amendment 3
One real possibility (and consequence): More teens could become felons -- and that label is tough to shake.
www.nola.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#NowReading ➡️: "But choosing to treat a child as an adult is a serious decision that the writers of our constitution did not want to take lightly. We think that ultimate decision should remain in the hands of the people, not just the Legislature."
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Louisiana is voting on 4 constitutional amendments that will make politicians richer, more powerful, and less accountable.
They're using smoke & mirrors to pass them because they thought we wouldn't be paying attention. But we are.
Visit NoToThemAll.org and VOTE NO ❌
They're using smoke & mirrors to pass them because they thought we wouldn't be paying attention. But we are.
Visit NoToThemAll.org and VOTE NO ❌
March 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Louisiana is voting on 4 constitutional amendments that will make politicians richer, more powerful, and less accountable.
They're using smoke & mirrors to pass them because they thought we wouldn't be paying attention. But we are.
Visit NoToThemAll.org and VOTE NO ❌
They're using smoke & mirrors to pass them because they thought we wouldn't be paying attention. But we are.
Visit NoToThemAll.org and VOTE NO ❌
"Sending adolescents to adult prisons lowers their chances for rehabilitation, increases the likelihood of re-committing crime, and destabilizes vulnerable communities."
@antigravitymag.bsky.social's Voter Education Guide suggests #SayNoToThemAllYall.
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@antigravitymag.bsky.social's Voter Education Guide suggests #SayNoToThemAllYall.
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VOTER EDUCATION GUIDE: SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2025 - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine
This voter education guide is published primarily as a resource and does not constitute an endorsement of any candidate or proposition by ANTIGRAVITY Magazine. Welcome once again to your ANTIGRAVITY v...
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March 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Sending adolescents to adult prisons lowers their chances for rehabilitation, increases the likelihood of re-committing crime, and destabilizes vulnerable communities."
@antigravitymag.bsky.social's Voter Education Guide suggests #SayNoToThemAllYall.
antigravitymagazine.com/feature/vote...
@antigravitymag.bsky.social's Voter Education Guide suggests #SayNoToThemAllYall.
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With early voting beginning tomorrow, this Sunday, 3/16 at 6PM, LCCR will join LA. Rep. Joy Walters' Soul Sundays to discuss Amendment 3. Register for this virtual town hall here: us06web.zoom.us/j/81788989697
March 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With early voting beginning tomorrow, this Sunday, 3/16 at 6PM, LCCR will join LA. Rep. Joy Walters' Soul Sundays to discuss Amendment 3. Register for this virtual town hall here: us06web.zoom.us/j/81788989697
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"Ultimately, none of these proposed amendments will make our state any safer. With this special election quickly approaching, to protect our youth we implore voters to say NO."
Read more in @antigravitymag.bsky.social from @lakidsrights.org >> antigravitymagazine.com/column/maccn...
Read more in @antigravitymag.bsky.social from @lakidsrights.org >> antigravitymagazine.com/column/maccn...
MaCCNO: Less Incarceration, More Resources & Services For Louisiana’s Youth - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine
A guest column by Renard Bridgewater for the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights We are approaching the first anniversary of Governor Landry signing multiple “tough-on-crime” bills into law. Under ...
antigravitymagazine.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Ultimately, none of these proposed amendments will make our state any safer. With this special election quickly approaching, to protect our youth we implore voters to say NO."
Read more in @antigravitymag.bsky.social from @lakidsrights.org >> antigravitymagazine.com/column/maccn...
Read more in @antigravitymag.bsky.social from @lakidsrights.org >> antigravitymagazine.com/column/maccn...
#NowReading➡️: "Landry was voted into office by record-low voter turnout. Now, his current plans need to be shut down by voters turning out to send a strong message: over-incarceration and adult prosecution of teenagers does not work to prevent crime."
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Vote to reject the state’s costly push to fill Louisiana jails and prisons | The Lens
Voters have a chance on March 29 to turn the tide against Gov. Jeff Landry and his legislature’s extensive, expensive plans to expand the criminal-justice system in Louisiana, which already incarcerat...
thelensnola.org
March 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#NowReading➡️: "Landry was voted into office by record-low voter turnout. Now, his current plans need to be shut down by voters turning out to send a strong message: over-incarceration and adult prosecution of teenagers does not work to prevent crime."
thelensnola.org/2025/02/18/v...
thelensnola.org/2025/02/18/v...
Join our partners at Step Up Louisiana tomorrow for an informative breakfast on why you should say NO on all 4 constitutional amendments during the 3/29 special election!
Join us this Thursday 3/13 at Broadmoor Community Church with @stepuplouisiana.bsky.social, Sen. Royce Duplessis, Rep. Shaun Mena, @delishaboyd.bsky.social, Louisiana Progress, and more to learn why you should #SayNoToThemAllYall on March 29!
March 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Join our partners at Step Up Louisiana tomorrow for an informative breakfast on why you should say NO on all 4 constitutional amendments during the 3/29 special election!
ICYMI: We wrote about Amendment 3 and its connection to the laws passed during Feb. 2024's special session on crime and public safety. Read the guest column in this month's @antigravitymag.bsky.social here: bit.ly/saynoon3agm
MaCCNO: Less Incarceration, More Resources & Services For Louisiana’s Youth - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine
A guest column by Renard Bridgewater for the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights We are approaching the first anniversary of Governor Landry signing multiple “tough-on-crime” bills into law. Under ...
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March 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
ICYMI: We wrote about Amendment 3 and its connection to the laws passed during Feb. 2024's special session on crime and public safety. Read the guest column in this month's @antigravitymag.bsky.social here: bit.ly/saynoon3agm
⬇️ THIS TUESDAY! ⬇️
🚨 Big one, y’all! 🚨
We’re breaking down the March 2025 Constitutional Amendments so you know exactly what’s on the ballot. Don’t just vote — vote informed.
🗓️ Tuesday, March 11
⏰ 7 PM
👉 Register now: YDLA.org/RSVP
Let’s get into it. #lalege #lagov
We’re breaking down the March 2025 Constitutional Amendments so you know exactly what’s on the ballot. Don’t just vote — vote informed.
🗓️ Tuesday, March 11
⏰ 7 PM
👉 Register now: YDLA.org/RSVP
Let’s get into it. #lalege #lagov
March 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
⬇️ THIS TUESDAY! ⬇️
"The various issues (mental health, houselessness, food insecurity, etc.) that our children face cannot be solved with new laws that continue to jail and imprison even younger children."
Read our guest column in this month's @antigravitymag.bsky.social on Amendment 3 here: bit.ly/saynoon3agm
Read our guest column in this month's @antigravitymag.bsky.social on Amendment 3 here: bit.ly/saynoon3agm
March 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"The various issues (mental health, houselessness, food insecurity, etc.) that our children face cannot be solved with new laws that continue to jail and imprison even younger children."
Read our guest column in this month's @antigravitymag.bsky.social on Amendment 3 here: bit.ly/saynoon3agm
Read our guest column in this month's @antigravitymag.bsky.social on Amendment 3 here: bit.ly/saynoon3agm
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Every child deserves a chance to thrive—not a life defined by harm and incarceration.
Stories like Jaylah’s highlight how vulnerable youth, particularly those arrested for minor offenses, are often left to navigate a justice system that does more to punish than rehabilitate.
bit.ly/3DbL5PX
Stories like Jaylah’s highlight how vulnerable youth, particularly those arrested for minor offenses, are often left to navigate a justice system that does more to punish than rehabilitate.
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How Jaylah learned to believe in herself – Louisiana Center for Children's Rights
lakidsrights.org
February 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Every child deserves a chance to thrive—not a life defined by harm and incarceration.
Stories like Jaylah’s highlight how vulnerable youth, particularly those arrested for minor offenses, are often left to navigate a justice system that does more to punish than rehabilitate.
bit.ly/3DbL5PX
Stories like Jaylah’s highlight how vulnerable youth, particularly those arrested for minor offenses, are often left to navigate a justice system that does more to punish than rehabilitate.
bit.ly/3DbL5PX
"This particular amendment takes out the transparency in that process and just creates a blanket pathway for the legislature to decide on its own, without any checks and balances, without any folks weighing in what can be transferred." - Kristen Rome, Exec. Director, LCCR
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February 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"This particular amendment takes out the transparency in that process and just creates a blanket pathway for the legislature to decide on its own, without any checks and balances, without any folks weighing in what can be transferred." - Kristen Rome, Exec. Director, LCCR
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In part 2 of our series on electronic monitoring systems, learn what Risk Assessment Instruments (RAIs) are, their embedded biases, the complications involved with judges overriding RAI scores and more here:
lakidsrights.org/2025/01/elec...
lakidsrights.org/2025/01/elec...
February 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In part 2 of our series on electronic monitoring systems, learn what Risk Assessment Instruments (RAIs) are, their embedded biases, the complications involved with judges overriding RAI scores and more here:
lakidsrights.org/2025/01/elec...
lakidsrights.org/2025/01/elec...
"The lawsuit filed today argues that the ballot language violates state law, which requires this language to be “simple, unbiased, concise, and easily understood'".
A group of Louisiana voters are seeking to halt a vote on a state constitutional amendment scheduled for next month that would rewrite state tax law.
Suit challenges ballot measure seeking tax law rewrite - Verite News New Orleans
Plaintiffs say language presented to voters will obscure the scope of the proposed changes to Louisiana’s tax code.
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February 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"The lawsuit filed today argues that the ballot language violates state law, which requires this language to be “simple, unbiased, concise, and easily understood'".
As shown in this story from The Appeal, if Amendment 3 passes, system-involved youth would be exposed to a wide array of harms and abuses within the adult criminal legal system instead of the rehabilitative services associated with the juvenile legal system. Say NO to Amendment 3 here: noon3la.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As shown in this story from The Appeal, if Amendment 3 passes, system-involved youth would be exposed to a wide array of harms and abuses within the adult criminal legal system instead of the rehabilitative services associated with the juvenile legal system. Say NO to Amendment 3 here: noon3la.org
#ClientStory: Learn more about how Deondre's youth advocate helped him secure the vital docs needed to apply for jobs and housing so that he could pursue his high school diploma, find employment, and be a present parent to his son using the following link:
lakidsrights.org/2025/01/deon...
lakidsrights.org/2025/01/deon...
Deondre’s Story: How a Young Father Found Success After Arrest – Louisiana Center for Children's Rights
lakidsrights.org
February 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#ClientStory: Learn more about how Deondre's youth advocate helped him secure the vital docs needed to apply for jobs and housing so that he could pursue his high school diploma, find employment, and be a present parent to his son using the following link:
lakidsrights.org/2025/01/deon...
lakidsrights.org/2025/01/deon...
Tomorrow's event is a #calltoaction for everyone committed to healing, uplifting, and building a brighter future for #NOLA. Complimentary drinks and refreshments will be served.
RSVP here:
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February 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Tomorrow's event is a #calltoaction for everyone committed to healing, uplifting, and building a brighter future for #NOLA. Complimentary drinks and refreshments will be served.
RSVP here:
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RSVP here:
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#NowReading ➡️: "We know from the research that when young people are in contact with their families, they’re going to actually do much better... The recidivism rates are going to be lower for those young people.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Is Juvenile Justice Beyond Repair?
One advocate describes what happens in a family when a child is behind bars.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#NowReading ➡️: "We know from the research that when young people are in contact with their families, they’re going to actually do much better... The recidivism rates are going to be lower for those young people.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
#DidYouKnow: Children held in adult facilities are THIRTY-SIX TIMES more likely to commit suicide and face higher rates of abuse? Incarcerating a child of any age in adult prison has a clear and direct impact on their physical and mental well-being and leads to either recidivism or... (1/3)
January 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#DidYouKnow: Children held in adult facilities are THIRTY-SIX TIMES more likely to commit suicide and face higher rates of abuse? Incarcerating a child of any age in adult prison has a clear and direct impact on their physical and mental well-being and leads to either recidivism or... (1/3)
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LISTEN: PJI's storyteller Sara Gozalo joined Corey Miller, widely known as C-Murder, on a debut of a new podcast about his journey in the criminal legal system. In this episode, they discuss the history and court struggle of non-unanimous juries in #Louisiana.
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The Corey Miller Diaries: A Long Way Home
Private Stock · Episode
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January 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
LISTEN: PJI's storyteller Sara Gozalo joined Corey Miller, widely known as C-Murder, on a debut of a new podcast about his journey in the criminal legal system. In this episode, they discuss the history and court struggle of non-unanimous juries in #Louisiana.
open.spotify.com/episode/1dIb...
open.spotify.com/episode/1dIb...
"Throughout his career, King understood the role young people could play — indeed, had to play – in transforming American society. To this end, King treated young people as essential partners in the struggle for justice."
January 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"Throughout his career, King understood the role young people could play — indeed, had to play – in transforming American society. To this end, King treated young people as essential partners in the struggle for justice."