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.
Tag: Marlin Gusman
Sheriff: Not my job to release uncharged Katrina inmates
Sheriff headed to court without budget increase
Sheriff Marlin Gusman is threatening to take the city to court unless it pays him 28 percent more money than last year to house New Orleans inmates.
Temporary jail cells costing more than $11 million to build
Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s temporary jail will cost over $11 million, The Lens has learned.
Sheriff building 400 jail beds before working group meets
Sheriff: I have never housed arrestees ‘to make money’
Mayor announces new group to offer recommendation on jail
Public not invited to city meeting on key jail issue
The City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee met this morning to discuss inmate-release issues that could have an effect on the size of the city’s planned new jail, but it’s unclear whether adequate public notice was given about the meeting under the state’s open meetings law.
A ripple runs ahead of a wave
Matt Davis in his recent story on The Lens gave a shallow interpretation of the ongoing campaign by a diverse group of New Orleanians who understand that a bigger jail has not and will not make our city safer.
