ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS IN PRISON WHEN KATRINA HIT?
Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated
Children
September 8th 2005
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Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) or Jefferson Parish Detention Center
Call DOC hotline at 225.342.3998 or 225.342.5935
If you had family locked up in either of thesefacilities when Katrina hit,
call the DOC hotline to find out where your loved one is now located. The
hotline is taking calls from 7am – 10pm. Ask where your loved one is located,
and ask to pass on a message about where you are. No matter
where your family member was locked up when Katrina hit, you can also call
these numbers to tell them where you are and how you are doing.
If these numbers are out of date or if the person you talked to could not
help you, call Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children
(FFLIC) for help: Grace (337) 513-7039 or Xochitl (504) 606-8846, or email
us at familiescantwait@yahoo.com,
xochitl@mediajumpstart.org.
TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CHILD IS BEING HOUSED OR TELL THEM
WHERE YOU ARE...
Youth Study Center
Plaquemine Detention Center
St. Bernard Detention Center
Terrebone Detention Center
Rivarde Detention Center
or any other youth detention center
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Ask Perla for the phone number of
the facility where your child is located.
Call the facility directly.
Ask to speak to your child. |
Call Perla at 225.287.7988 or 225.328.3607
Bridge City Center for Youth
Call 225.778.9000 and ask to speak to your child.
If these numbers are not working or if the person you talked to could not
help you, call Lisa at the Southern
Center for Human Rights (SCHR) at (404) 688-1202 ext. 225, or email lkung@schr.org.
Click the appropriate link to download this
information in PDF format as a 8.5x11 flyer,
11 x 17 poster or 22 x 35 inch poster. Thank you to the Bring
the Ruckus people for makintg this information available - see also "Bring the Ruckus Responds to Katrina Crisis".