This week on Behind The Lens, because it first opened its doorways final yr, the Jackson Parish jail has flouted state-licensing legal guidelines for juvenile detention services. It’s been constantly accused of abusing and neglecting youngsters in its custody, however that can quickly finish for some, as OJJ has terminated its contract with the Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Workplace beginning nearly instantly.
The central U.S. is rising as a brand new flash flooding hotspot, and with that comes extra catastrophe injury. Mayors of cities alongside the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas Rivers try to give you some revolutionary new insurance coverage fashions which are designed to quickly fund emergency response after pure disasters reminiscent of flooding.
Our friends this week are Lens reporters Delaney Dryfoos, Nick Chrastil, and visitor, Eric Schmid, reporter at St. Louis Public Radio.
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