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Sheriff Mike Neustrom receives the Patriot Award
Sheriff Mike Neustrom receives the Patriot Award from John E. Manion, Brigadier General James B. Cobb and T.K. Armington of the National Guard and Reserve of Louisiana. The award was given in recognition of Sheriff Neustroms' support of his employees that are in the National Guard and Reserve, especially those that have been activated and deployed to protect our country and its interests.

Citizen Praises Sheriff's Innovative Programs

Dear Sheriff Neustrom:

Just so you know that I do write complimentary letters in addition to those that criticize, please accept my praise for some of your innovative programs that have been recently highlighted in the media. The programs I speak of are the direct supervision of prisoners approach; the off-site telecommunication visitation for families of prisoners; the call program for the elderly; and the day reporting programs for some offenders. All of these programs show your very humanistic approach to corrections and the general human condition. You are a different kind of sheriff from the standard old Louisiana model, and it has taken some adjustment by the jaded downtown crowd (myself included) to see the wisdom of your ways. Anyway, thank you for your innovative programs, and I am always available with an opinion. I don't lack opinions.

With kind regards, I remain Very truly yours, Albert M. Karre', Jr.

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Inmates Help Broussard Resident

Thursday, May 29, 2008

It will be a grand homecoming for Julia Babineaux when she is released from a local rehabilitation hospital. Ms. Babineaux is wheelchair bound and getting around her home which is not wheelchair accessible was causing some concern. But with the help of a Lafayette Parish Correctional Center inmate work crew, Ms. Babineaux will enter her front door with ease.

LPCC partnered with the Cajun Council on Aging to build Julia Babineaux a wheelchair ramp to her home. The Cajun Council on Aging worked with the Ms. Babineaux and her family to acquire the necessary materials and the inmate work crew provided the skill and labor.

LPCC work crews partner with a number of nonprofit agencies for the betterment of Lafayette Parish. The service projects provide the inmates an opportunity to give back to their community while instilling values and a sense of self-worth.

On Friday, May 30, at 10am, LPCC work crews will be completing the ramp at Julia Babineaux's home located at 102 N. Eola Rd. in Broussard. Ms. Babineaux's family as well as the Cajun Council on Aging will be available for interviews.

Leah Dishong
Project Development Manager
Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office
231-6365 ext 239