A Farm Line ruling could reshape daily life inside Angola
An imminent federal ruling could leave Angola’s Farm Line intact. Or it could deeply reshape daily work assignments for hundreds of incarcerated men.
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Criminal Justice
Asking why and how, and what needs to be done.
New postal rule could allow direct handgun shipments for first time since 1927
USPS is set to lift a century-old ban — and experts warn the consequences could be significant.
The Fields Are Still There: Red Beans and Resistance
My mother has been saying it my whole life. Fifty-one years of hearing it. And on May 16, 2026, the same day she passed away and left me with the torch to continue this work, 800,000 people proved she was not just warning us.
What recent killings of Black women reveal about a growing crisis
Recent deaths of prominent Black women point to a national epidemic that has persisted for decades. The problem is particularly acute in Louisiana, where 24% of the people killed in intimate-partner violence were Black women.
Post-Katrina instability connection to jailbreak is ‘to easy’
As a former teacher, it’s easy for me to connect those involved with last year’s jailbreak with their past, as students who went through the storm, were displaced, and returned to schools in tumult.
As Duncan waits for courts to act, New Orleanians pose for selfies with him.
On Monday, thanks to a favorable decision, Duncan served as clerk of Criminal District Court for three hours, until the Fifth Circuit put a hold on that decision. Outside of court, he has become a newfound New Orleans celebrity.
Behind the curtain: how Louisiana’s parole system and courts shape who goes free
Louisiana’s Parole Board conducts hearings in public, offering a rare window into how life-changing decisions are made inside the criminal justice system.
The boy in the video, the boy in the mugshot: Louisiana met Markel Lee twice
A Baton Rouge teenager once appeared on camera as proof that violence prevention could work. Two years later, he is charged in a shooting that killed 17-year-old Martha Odom. Their stories are not separate tragedies. They are connected by the same policy choices, budget cuts and abandoned promises that leave one child dead and another held by a system that failed to hold him sooner.
Federal judge allows Calvin Duncan to take office on Monday as planned
The judge found Senate Bill 256 unconstitutional because the state abolished an office, created a new office to replace it, and then appointed someone for that office "all when the Louisiana Constitution requires an election."
U.S. Supreme Court weighs how far police investigations can go in using cellphone location data
DC and 31 states including Louisiana supported the DOJ’s position that police should be able to use geofence warrants.
