# @lakidsrights on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C5O7Cnps4nk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13367390-lakidsrights-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/b6737c6356.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-04-01T21:00:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Louisiana Center for Children's Rights (@LAKidsRights) — https://gondola.cc/LAKidsRights

## Caption

#ClientStory: Amaya was shipped to the Ware Youth Center, a unique, legislatively created government facility that operates like a private prison. For decades, Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice contracted with it to house incarcerated girls.⁠
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For just as long, it’s been rampant with reports of abuse and teen suicide. In October 2022, The New York Times released an exposé on Ware that detailed firsthand accounts of physical violence, sexual assault, and psychological torment. Amaya experienced very similar conditions. ⁠
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Read more using the #linkinourbio to see how her LCCR team immediately got to work establishing a re-entry plan for her once the judge in Amaya’s case moved to release her.

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