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Behind The Lens episode 133: ‘That’s actually stated in the statute’

No reports on the arrests of witnesses and crime victims, two years after passage of a law requiring them. Council hears about funding for new Entergy substation. And a privately run ICE facility is hit with a complaint for alleged human rights violations.
by Carolyne Heldman

This week on Behind the Lens, DA’s offices around the state have not been in compliance with a two-year-old law requiring them to report their use of material witness warrants.

Funding details for the proposed new power substation for the Sewerage and Water Board’s pump system are revealed to the New Orleans City Council.

A Louisiana ICE facility was the subject of a complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security by several civil rights groups for alleged human rights violations.

Our guests this week are contributing reporter Madeline Aruffo, government and cultural economy reporter Michael Isaac Stein, criminal justice reporter Nick Chrastil, and The Lens Editor Charles Maldonado.

Behind The Lens is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Stitcher. And we broadcast the show on community radio stations 102.3 FM WHIV LP in Mid-City and 90.3 FM WAMF-LP in the Marigny.

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Carolyne Heldman

Carolyne Heldman Rovira has been in media for 35 years, and is currently the podcast host and producer for Behind The Lens. Heldman served as executive director at Aspen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, where she launched four weekly news, public affairs, and cultural affairs programs. She has been a guest lecturer at Tulane University, is a frequent guest and moderator for the Aspen Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute.

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