Louisiana Center for Children's Rights

Our program fights for the Rights of children so that they may thrive in their own homes and communities. We achieve this by proving juvenile defense and juvenile life without parole representation, and advocating for changes to local and statewide policies. Juvenile defense: as the juvenile public defender in new orleans, we represent over 90% of children in the city who come into contact with the juvenile justice system. We provide each child with a holistic team - a lawyer, social worker, investigator, and youth advocate - to address both the causes and consequences of an arrest.juvenile life without parole: we represent the majority of children in Louisiana who are facing or serving life without parole sentences, which the u.s. supreme court has ruled unconstitutional in all but the rarest cases. We know that children can and do change for the better, so we fight to ensure that they may one day have an opportunity for release.state and local advocacy: we advocate for policies that reduce the number of children in the justice system and provide better alternatives to arrest and incarceration. for the kids who do enter the system, we support policies that keep them safe, protect their Rights, and get them home as soon as possible.