Blaming staff shortages and an unsafe building, the Broward Sheriff’s Office won’t provide deputies to work at the state’s Department of Justice’s Juvenile Assessment ...

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard said the goal is to find a suitable location and begin construction this year.

they are required by a judge to be sent to a juvenile detention center. However, without such a center in the parish, Bellard says costs have continued to add up for parish government.