Hospital that supplied execution drug says prison requested it for “medical patient”
State Department of Safety and Corrections declines to comment on how it sought lethal-injection drug.
Category: Criminal Justice
In rush to find lethal injection drug, prison officials turned to a hospital
The state refused to say where it got a lethal injection drug just days before a scheduled execution in February. Now sources tell The Lens that it came from Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. "Had we known of the real use,” said a member of the board of directors, “we never would have done it.”
Louisiana’s death-penalty protocol uses same drugs as lengthy Arizona execution
State prison officials are considering alternatives to current methods as death-row inmate awaits hearing.
Quatrevaux criticizes sheriff’s plan to award jail contract behind closed doors
A Sheriff's Office committee selected a company in private, but the agency won't say who it is.
Warden considers ending Angola inmate’s solitary confinement after 28 straight years
Inmate Kenny “Zulu” Whitmore has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that it's unconstitutional to be held in solitary confinement for so long. Warden Burl Cain said he may take him out, but he's concerned about the inmate's affiliation with the Black Panther Party.
Sheriff Gusman continues to hand out extra pay to deputies who may not qualify
The law excludes deputies whose primary job isn’t law enforcement. The Sheriff’s Office says deputies 'wear many hats.'
In court hearing, city and sheriff dig in their heels on cost of mental health care at OPP
The current facility is in terrible condition, and inmates are not well supervised. The solutions are expensive.
Gusman wants $4 million from city of New Orleans in next year to house mentally ill inmates
The figure was disclosed in a recent court filing, but not in a City Council committee meeting.
Gusman signs off on plan to use existing property tax to run Orleans Parish Prison
$5 million a year could be used to pay for jail costs if voters approve the change.
Right and left partnered in fight to reduce incarceration, but sheriffs killed most bills
One bill that failed would have reduced marijuana possession to a misdemeanor.
