Orleans Parish Prison Archives

The 2005 abandonment of incarcerated people within the flooded Orleans Parish jail complex became one of the catalysts to reform the city’s dysfunctional justice system

Tag: Orleans Parish Prison

Reforms resulted from the thousands left to drown in OPP

‘It isn’t very clear who is responsible for the jail getting to that cap’

Don’t expect a safe, humane Orleans Parish Prison any time soon; here’s why

Former jailer says Gusman overcharging the state for deputy pay

Judge Julian Parker orders financial bonds for all defendants in his court

No jail time for former deputy in Coast Guard officer's suicide

Former jailer to be sentenced for role in suicide at Orleans prison

Nearly half of OPP inmates are shipped out or released

Sheriff, council, administration want to change OPP financing

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