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Behind The Lens episode 155: Is it peaking yet?

COVID cases at local schools explode with the rise of the omicron variant. Civil rights case against state prison goes to trial. And Bobby Sneed is finally free.
by Carolyne Heldman

This week on Behind The Lens, reported cases of COVID in New Orleans schools have exploded in the last week with the rise of the Omicron variant. We’ll take a look at how schools are handling it.

And in criminal justice news, the civil rights trial against David Wade Correctional Center began this week as prisoners who were kept in solitary confinement for extended periods of time took the stand. Also, longtime Angola prisoner Bobby Sneed has been released after a months-long court battle with the state parole board.

Our guests this week are reporters Marta Jewson and Nick Chrastil and editor Charles Maldonado.

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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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