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Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics

Censorship of inmate mail at Orleans Prison alleged in civil rights lawsuit against Gusman

By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | Orleans Parish Prison inmates can receive bodice rippers and The Times-Picayune by mail, but not serious novels or a periodical on prisoner rights, according to civil-rights attorneys who have filed a suit against Sheriff Marlin Gusman alleging censorship. Civil rights attorney Mary Howell, her colleague Elizabeth Cumming, […]

Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use

As the Saints open season, Mayor Landrieu throws support behind sports district

By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | At a final budget town hall meeting Wednesday in the French Quarter, Mayor Mitch Landrieu threw his support behind a new special taxing district in downtown New Orleans. “We are trying to conceptualize what the district should look like and who the major players are,” Landrieu told […]