Category: Criminal Justice
DEA agent to retire after bidding to monitor NOPD consent decree
Would-be NOPD monitor still working for federal drug agency
Despite PSC vote, phone rates to remain high at Orleans jail, state prisons
Officials inked new phone contracts for the state prisons and Orleans jail before rules cutting phone commissions went into effect, so families will continue to pay high fees to speak with inmates. Sheriff Gusman stands to collect $1.5 million in phone call commissions this year.
PSC votes Thursday on reduced rate for prison calls
Agreement reached on consent decree to reform Orleans jail
Impasse on jail decree: judge orders two trials, months away
How money stalled negotiations over Orleans jail consent decree
State PSC considers lowering ‘sinful’ prison phone rates
