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Criminal Justice
Judge tells sheriff, public defenders to negotiate solution to privacy complaint
One OPP escapee still being sought after slipping under fence Saturday night
City Council seeks to expand CeaseFire to include more social-outreach services
NOAH contractor changes plea to guilty; stole post-Katrina federal funds for blight removal
Gusman closes House of Detention
Surrounded by deputies, Orleans Parish Sherriff Marlin Gusman announced today that he is closing the Orleans Parish Prison House of Detention facility on Perdido Street. He said the move is based in part on “the mounting criticisms” and the “inspections by the federal people.”
The Lens honored for reporting on medication of juvenile inmates across state facilities
Sheriff finds job for chief judge's wife despite lack of appraisal experience
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman hired the wife of Municipal Court Chief Judge Paul Sens as a real-estate appraiser about the same time the judge hired Gusman's wife.
