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Criminal Justice
Asking why and how, and what needs to be done.
Louisiana sanctions use of pepper spray and mace on detained juveniles
In July, a new state law put all Louisiana pretrial juvenile detention centers under the umbrella of the state Office of Juvenile Justice. Soon after, the agency filed an ‘emergency order’ approving the use of ‘chemical agents’ in those facilities.
No longer ‘half slave, half free’
Supposedly, the Civil War dismantled the politics that pitted “slave states” against “free states.” And yet the effect of the punishment-exception clause in the Thirteenth Amendment was to not only sanction the preservation of slavery and involuntary servitude, but also to extend it nationwide.
‘Grossly insufficient’: Judge blasts DOC-suggested fixes for Angola’s Farm Line
Appeals court rules in favor of chihuahua search party
Angola’s proposed Farm Line fix ‘borders on bad faith,’ lawyers contend
A federal judge ordered the DOC to improve conditions for workers forced to in Angola’s fields. The crews now have sunscreen and a 10x10 popup tent for shade.
Louisiana is giving second chances to bad policy. It should be extending those second chances to our neighbors.
‘Torturous’: Judge places solitary confinement and mental health care at David Wade prison under federal oversight
The north Louisiana prison was using solitary confinement as a “depository for the mentally ill,” judge had ruled.
Fifth Circuit appeals court sides with Angola’s Farm Line workers
Though the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals differed with some of the district court’s July 2 decision, the higher court agreed that Angola Farm Line workers deserve water, rest, and equipment to protect from heat
