A proposed council resolution calls for an amicus brief against Phase III. It also suggests that the council may not vote to approve an alternative plan, saying the vote is not necessary.
A New Orleans surveillance watchdog group calls the deployment of drones over protests a misuse of technology.
Williams wants $1.3 million for more prosecutors, a full-time embed at the city surveillance hub and other priorities.
Cases among prison staff are also up. The spike follows major increases in the general state, national population due to the omicron variant.
The case, filed in 2018, is in its second week of trial.
Nearly 100 detainees at the jail are reported to be positive, and more than 400 at state prisons.
Civil rights groups filed the federal class-action suit nearly four years ago. The trial finally began this week.
The former Angola prisoner sued the board in state and federal court after members stripped his release last year.
The New Orleans City Council passed a law last year requiring automatic pardons for possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Prisoners claim they are not treated for mental illness, kept in solitary confinement for months.
