Bridge City News

Bridge City Center for Youth was Louisiana's model detention facility after the state reformed its deeply dysfunctional juvenile justice system nearly a decade ago.

WESTWEGO, La. - A man was shot near Bridge City just before midnight on Wednesday, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

A Bridge City man whose daughter is charged with a homicide in that West Bank community has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his convictions of unrelated gun and narcotics charges.

A major reason Missouri has become the go-to state for reshaping juvenile justice systems is the enviable recidivism data produced by the state's Department of Youth Services .

On a hot day in July 2005, state officials proudly unveiled a redesigned dormitory at the Bridge City Center for Youth , touting it as a milestone in the long effort to change one of the most dysfunctional and dangerous youth correctional systems in the country.