Councilman calls proposed Phase III mental-health facility, “goofiest thing,” but the new push against the facility comes as contractors gear up to start building.
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Posted inCriminal Justice
Conditions backslid for first part of Sheriff Hutson’s tenure over New Orleans jail, monitors find
Jail is plagued by too much contraband and use of force by deputies while lacking proper healthcare and classification.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Criminal-justice reform groups want Governor Edwards to veto these bills before upcoming deadline
The bills would roll back landmark reforms passed during Edwards’ administration, advocates say
Posted inIn the N.O.
Revell Andrews, Picture of Potential
Andrews, 18, was killed Monday — “for nothing,” as he came home from his summer job
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Weeks before projected groundbreaking, Sheriff Susan Hutson files motion in federal court to stop construction of controversial Phase III jail building
City officials are mostly united in their opposition to building the new 89-mental health facility, which is slated to cost $109 million.
Posted inSchools
Einstein’s Reed High School resolves last year’s graduation woes, district says
NOLA Public Schools is lifting the warning issued last year to the school, when fewer than half of its graduating students met state requirements.
Posted inCriminal Justice
City Council delays proposed $21 million contract extension for Wellpath, controversial jail healthcare provider
Though the city proposed a year extension for Wellpath, whose contract lapsed in May, the Council deferred approval. Councilwoman Helena Moreno is pushing for a full committee hearing to assess the company’s performance.
Posted inCriminal Justice
‘No time for him to do anything’
Eighteen-year-old Calvin Cains III was killed by JPSO deputies on Tuesday in front of his mother, who says deputies didn’t announce themselves or give him a chance to surrender.
Posted inSchools
NOLA Public Schools braces for rising property insurance premiums
The district’s property insurance increased by nearly 50 percent last year.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Back to ‘the lion’s den’ – violence interrupters to re-start street gun-violence interventions, as city partners with University Medical Center
The city’s proposed new contract with UMC — which goes before the City Council on Thursday — summarizes its purpose very simply: “New Orleans faces a severe epidemic of gun violence. Hospital-based violence-interruption programs are evidence-based interventions that can reduce shootings and preserve health and life.”