A new temporary jail built by Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman shows he is not serious about providing inmates with their constitutional right to private visits with their attorneys, according to a request for an injunction filed this morning.
The…
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer |
Subscribers to high-speed Internet services in New Orleans are generally white and in the higher income brackets, according to a new nationwide study that also found Louisiana lags the rest of the…
Despite his confession, attorneys say recently discovered police records show a man with an IQ of 59 should have been cleared in 1980 murder case.
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer |
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman appears ready to release millions of dollars he has been withholding for city building projects from a powerful agency he controls.
Gusman held a meeting of the…
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer |
A pair of December incidents at the Orleans Parish Prison draw continued attention to security risks faced by inmates and staff at the facility.
In the first incident, an inmate suffered 14…
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has been ignoring a series of public records requests filed with his office by The Lens.
Under the state Public Records Act, Gusman is required to turn over the public records immediately, or within three…
A personal friendship led Municipal Court’s chief judge to give Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s wife a no-bid deal worth more than $28,000 over the past 10 months for part-time work.
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer |
The New Orleans Recreation Development Commission tonight appointed interim director Vic Richard as its new chief executive after a special hearing where the four finalists were interviewed.
All but one member of…
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer|
A former Orleans Parish Sheriff’s deputy accused in September of forcing an inmate to perform oral sex after handcuffing him and taking him to a jail closet has been indicted on charges of second-degree kidnapping,…
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer|
A former Orleans Parish Sheriff’s deputy accused in September of forcing an inmate to perform oral sex after handcuffing him and taking him to a jail closet has been indicted on charges of second-degree kidnapping,…
