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| Mother of slain juvenile inmate sues Louisiana prisons agency |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 05/10/2004 |
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A federal lawsuit has been filed against the state corrections department and a former prison officer over the death of a 17-year-old inmate at a Jefferson Parish juvenile prison. Emmanuel Narcisse died last May 1 after a struggle with the officer at the state's juvenile prison at Bridge City. State and federal investigators looked into Narcisse's death but no criminal charges were filed against the guard, Nello West Jr. The suit was filed in April by Narcisse's mother, Janet Narcisse Goins, saying the corrections department is aware of abuses at the Bridge City prison "and turns a deaf ear and blind eye to its wrongful practices." "The guards at the facility are poorly trained. They routinely beat and otherwise physically abuse the juveniles at the facility. The juveniles incarcerated (at Bridge City) live in constant fear of being attacked by guards for little or no reason at all," the suit says. The suit seeks unspecified damages for the pain suffered by Narcisse before his death, plus damages for Goins, for emotional distress. A corrections department spokeswoman did not immediately return a call for comment on the suit last Wednesday. |
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