This week on Behind The Lens, Calvin Cains died in police custody in June and his mother sought body camera footage from on-scene officers through a lawsuit. Those recordings, she hopes, can show her sons final moments, before he was killed by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.

St. John the Baptist Parish residents fight the proposed construction of a large industrial size grain terminal, but they may now have some powerful allies.

Youth being held on Angola’s grounds continue to face challenges and officials have high hopes for a $2.9 billion diversion of the lower Mississippi River.

Property insurance premiums are more than doubling for New Orleans schools, while fossil fuel plants appear to have no problem securing coverage. And the ‘Dead Zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than anticipated this year.

The week: More delays on Phase III, a charter school principal rises in the ranks and The Lens welcomes La’Shance Perry.

This week on Behind The Lens, Managing Editor Katy Reckdahl remembers Revell Andrews.

Nick Chrastil on the jail’s controversial healthcare provider and Katy Reckdahl on the killing of an 18-year-old by JPSO and his mother’s account of the scene.

Nick Chrastil on a “re-envisioned” gun violence prevention initiative and Marta Jewson on the school board’s skyrocketing property insurance premiums.