Update: The council voted today 6-1 in favor of the cameras, with Jon Johnson dissenting.
Category: Criminal Justice
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Gusman’s courthouse threat looms as he awaits payment
The city has until Friday to reach a deal with Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman over security at the Criminal District Courthouse, or Gusman could still cause closure
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Courthouse security deal made
The judges in Criminal District Court have met this morning and voted to shut down the courthouse if Sheriff Marlin Gusman pulls his security at noon, as they are expecting, a spokeswoman said.
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True to word, Gusman yanking deputies from courthouse
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman partially will follow through Tuesday morning on his threat to pull some security from the Criminal District Court building unless the city pays him an extra $500,000.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Land Use
Temporary beds will expand jail population after all
Sheriff Marlin Gusman said Tuesday that his 400 new temporary jail beds will add to the total number of inmates in his custody, despite what he told The Lens and Fox8 News last month.
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Gusman: I’ve always advocated for smaller jail
Sheriff Marlin Gusman committed to build a smaller jail complex today if data analysis by Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s new working group supports one.
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Initial jail plan envisioned 8,000 inmates by 2020
Despite publicly committing to a “smaller, safer jail” in recent weeks, Sheriff Marlin Gusman sent architects a plan calling for 8,000 beds in his complex by 2020.
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Sheriff ordered to pay $650,000 to tourists who were wrongly imprisoned
A jury has awarded $649,300 to two Ohio men who spent almost six weeks in custody after Katrina, despite never being charged with a crime.
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Sheriff: Not my job to release uncharged Katrina inmates
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman told a jury today that he was not to blame for failing to release uncharged inmates from his jails during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Instead, the sheriff argued that it was up to Municipal Court judges to order the release of his inmates, and nobody ever told him to […]
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Never-charged inmates describe “putrid” Katrina jail
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman appeared in U.S. District Court today to defend his office against a civil-rights lawsuit by two Ohio men who spent weeks in custody following Hurricane Katrina, despite never being charged with a crime. The men were passing through New Orleans for a night on a road trip, but they ended […]