Disagreement over housing 17-year-old offenders creates confusion as new law looms

BATON ROUGE - A law going into effect Friday has put city-parish officials and the sheriff's office at odds on how to house 17-year-old criminal suspects.City-parish wants the 17-year-olds moved to Parish Prison when state law dictates that they can be. That's Friday. The sheriff's office says federal rules make it impossible to house 17-year-olds in an adult jail without upgrades that city-parish would have to fund.After meetings to discuss next steps, the mayor and the sheriff exchanged lette