Read Our 2025 Impact Report

Focused On

Behind The Lens Episode 187: ‘It looked like JPSO was digging up dirt on this teenager’

Reporter Nick Chrastil looks into the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office expansive requests for search warrants of a 16-year-old who died in custody. Reporter Michael Isaac Stein tells us about the New Orleans Office of Inspector General's plans for 2023.
by Carolyne Heldman

This week on Behind The Lens, in the days immediately following the death of a 16-year-old autistic juvenile who died while in custody, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office sought several search warrants in order to dig deeper into the teenager’s past. 

At a budget hearing, the New Orleans Office of Inspector General outlined a wide range of investigations and audits it has planned for city departments and agencies including into several that have come under fire in recent months. 

Our guests this week are Lens reporters Nick Chrastil, Michael Isaac Stein and editor Marta Jewson.

You can also listen to Behind The Lens on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other services.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Republish This Story

You may republish this story under our republishing guidelines. Please credit the reporter and The Lens, link to the original story, and respect any image restrictions shown below.

Images are not included in the republishable copy.

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.

View all posts by Carolyne Heldman