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Category: Criminal Justice

‘It isn’t very clear who is responsible for the jail getting to that cap’

The Orleans Justice Center has surpassed the city’s jail population cap, sparking questions about how to increase releases while reducing bookings — and what the rising jail population means for the health of those incarcerated and for the city of New Orleans.
by La'Shance Perry June 21, 2024 Updated June 22, 2024

Angola prisoners ask to end field work in worst heat

For decades, Angola has forced prisoners to work in fields in extreme heat. Today, they’re urging a federal judge to halt the practice — prisoners have filed a motion as part of a proposed class-action lawsuit to end the practice of forced agricultural labor at the prison
by Nick Chrastil June 18, 2024 Updated June 20, 2024

Federal judge: ‘I don’t think robbers would ask for help’

by La'Shance Perry June 7, 2024 Updated June 10, 2024

‘Show us the video’

by Katy Reckdahl June 3, 2024 Updated June 11, 2024

Louisiana paying D.C. attorneys $1,000 an hour to defend against probe into state police 

Last year, the firm began raking in big money for legal services related to a DOJ investigation into patterns of misconduct by the Louisiana State Police.
by Nick Chrastil May 31, 2024 Updated May 31, 2024

Paying sheriffs to keep the kids

‘State dollars attached to each juvenile’ would allow sheriffs to build more local juvenile-detention centers, then get paid to keep kids who are placed in state custody. Is the state paying to keep kids closer to home or incentivizing people to put kids in jail?
by Nick Chrastil May 21, 2024 Updated May 27, 2024

Tulane and Port NOLA using arrests to silence Palestine protesters

by Serena Sojic-Borne May 8, 2024 Updated May 8, 2024

Paintbrush, iPad, or Glock?

by Arthur Hunter Jr. April 1, 2024 Updated April 1, 2024

New criminal-justice laws bring unforeseen consequences

by Susan Hutson, Orleans Parish Sheriff March 25, 2024 Updated March 25, 2024

Senate Bill 8, which is now law, favors tyranny over justice

The bill gives only the governor – not an independent board – the power to hand-pick the State Public Defender to run Louisiana’s public-defense system.
by Malcolm Jenkins March 23, 2024 Updated March 23, 2024

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