By KELLY P. KISSEL | Metro editor The plans don't include money for a new juvenile detention center, but there is cash for major security upgrades at the city-parish's youth jail. The center has been criticized after recent high-profile escapes and a riot. Where did East Baton Rouge find the money? The last piece of land owned by a jailed Zachary businessman is in new hands. How much did someone spend to buy the tract along Pride-Port Hudson Road? So, there's a blob in the Gulf. Forecasters don't give it a great chance of developing into anything serious, but it's a blob, and it's in the Gulf. |