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| Lafourche opens new correctional center |
| By dailycomet.com- Julia Arenstam |
| Published: 12/20/2018 |
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The community celebrated the opening of a new $40 million Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex today. “Today is a historic and monumental day in the Lafourche Parish criminal justice system,” Sheriff Craig Webre said, welcoming a large crowd of state and local leaders, including Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, Parish President Jimmy Cantrelle and District Attorney Kristine Russell. Construction of the 118,095-square-foot structure at La. 3185 and Veterans Boulevard near Thibodaux began in 2016 after parish residents in 2014 approved a 0.2 percent sales tax for the project. Inmates will be moved from the parish jail just across the road in about a month. Originally built in 1976, the current facility holds about 245 inmates. With little room to expand the aging building, a number of parish inmates are sent to other parishes at an astronomical cost, Lt. Brennan Matherne said. Read More. |
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