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| Juvenile center plans create controversy |
| By St. Tammany News |
| Published: 10/10/2008 |
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FLORIDA - Two opposing philosophical ideals clashed Wednesday night and produced no solution after an hours-long heated debate over the future expansion of the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center. In a verbal joust, Slidell City Court Judge James “Jim” Lamz feuded with facility director Tom Jarlock, who is proposing to secure $11 million to $13 million in state funds to expand the facility to include long-term out-of-area juvenile prisoners in two new gender specific facilities. Lamz, however, argued the center just west of Covington on U.S. Highway 190 was built by and for the taxpayers of five parishes, including St. Tammany, and should house only local children who need the help. The center, when funded with a 3-mill tax, was solely designed as a short-term juvenile detention center, not a long-term facility. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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