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Category: Criminal Justice

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.
by Della Hasselle August 8, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.”
by Della Hasselle August 6, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Della Hasselle July 24, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Charles Maldonado July 24, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by The Medill Justice Project July 23, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.'
by Charles Maldonado July 18, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Charles Maldonado July 14, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Charles Maldonado July 9, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Charles Maldonado June 30, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Tyler Bridges June 4, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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