Jail compliance director tells federal judge that all inmates housed near Christian Freeman, who died last month while positive for the virus, have since been tested and cleared.
Group plans to spend more than $200,000 to bail dozens of people out of New Orleans jail.
Christian Freeman died a week after the Sheriff’s Office said there were no known infections at the jail.
The organization seeks to enlist private law firms to help with the effort.
Criminal justice reform advocates say the law will not solve the underlying problem of the state's user-funded justice system.
The final story in our series on the life and career of New Orleans Judge Frank Shea.
The legacy of Judge Frank Shea.
‘While there is much work to be done there is much that we should be proud of,’ Ferguson said.
The city's jail implemented mass testing in April, seeing an initial spike in cases that grew to 94 by late May.
Author Orissa Arend recalls the Black Panthers' community policing effort in the Desire Housing Project in her latest op-ed. "Look at us now, 50 years later, experiencing a worldwide consciousness awakening to the realization that the Panthers were right!"
