Lacking jail budget documents, judge delays consent decree hearing
Monday's hearing was supposed to be the first step to determine who would pay for jail reforms.
Tag: Orleans Parish jail consent decree
Live blog: Gusman’s budget under scrutiny at OPP consent decree hearing
Now that a judge has ruled that jail conditions are unconstitutional, the question is how to pay for it.
Angry sheriff takes the stand, later accuses mayor of ‘Archie Bunker’ tactics
Gusman says he signed the consent decree after the city refused his 2013 request for an extra $15 million.
Schizophrenic inmate tells court about jail violence; Gusman testifies Thursday
Deputy mayor and judge clash over whether the city was included in consent decree negotiations.
Guns, drugs, gambling, violence: Video shows out-of-control Orleans prison
Jail security is a study in "total dysfunction," testified expert witness Manuel Romero.
Continuing live blog: Consent decree hearing on Orleans Parish Prison
On Wednesday, testimony concerned the city's involvement in the negotiations over the consent decree and conditions in the mental health unit. Sheriff Marlin Gusman will testify Thursday morning.
Sheriff: Landrieu’s gloom-and-doom consent decree figures are inflated
Gusman disputes $22 million-a-year for five years, cited by mayor.
‘Emergency’ meeting on jail reform raises questions about notification
Mayor Landrieu will paint a grim picture of financial impacts if city is forced to cover costs of the federal consent decree.
Agreement reached on consent decree to reform Orleans jail
