Prison Inmate Population on the Decline Nationally, Locally

Burden of substance abuse casts tragic shadow on the lives of many young people: Report
On an average day, 508,000 adolescents aged 12-17 in the United States drink alcohol; 641,000 use illicit drugs; and more than 1 million smoke cigarettes, according to a national survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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Former AES Counselor Arrested on Sex Charge
   FBI agents have arrested a former counselor at Ascension Episcopal School in Lafayette who is accused of trying to entice a student to engage in sexual activity.       Special Agent Sheila Thorne, an FBI spokeswoman in New Orleans, said that FBI agents from Lafayette and Hattiesburg, Miss., arrested Allison Hargrave at the Pine Grove Behavioral Help and Addiction Services in Hattiesburg …

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Prison inmate population on the decline nationally, locally
Declining inmate population in county and city jails across the nation might suggest that there is a larger trend toward finding alternatives to simply locking up criminals, local officials said.For the first time since 1982, when surveys of local gover

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