We Need To See Children For Who They Really Are
A Message from FFLIC Office Manager, Danise Pruitt What I want for every child, is what my sons, who are now sixteen and fourteen, have. I have always really paid […]
FFLIC Statement on Bridge City Escape
After three teenagers escaped from Bridge City Center for Youth this past Sunday, Gina Womack, the Executive Director of Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC), issued the following […]
Creating the World We Want: Reflections on Black Leadership
This trajectory– from concerned parent, to FFLIC staff, to Executive Director of his own organization serving youth and families — exemplifies the transformational leadership journey that FFLIC wishes for all […]
Ida and COVID-19 Lay Bare the Lasting Atrocities of the Youth Prison System
After 20 years of doing the work to protect children and dismantle the inhumane youth prison system at Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children, I have seen firsthand the […]
20th Anniversary Message from Our Executive Director
Dear families and friends, I pray you and your loved ones are safe in this time of great hardship and loss. Today we planned to commemorate our 20 year anniversary […]
FFLIC Is Helping Families Impacted by Ida
As you are all keenly aware, Category 4 Hurricane Ida hit landfall Sunday, August 29th, and has devastated much of Louisiana. We remain under continued flood as well as tornado […]