Tag: Orleans Parish Prison
City adviser: Orleans Parish Prison likely will need more beds
Mayoral panel studying OPP size to get new projections Monday
Councilwoman surprised by new jail talk; could house another 600
Criminal-justice advocates frustrated by talks of new jail
Council's Criminal Justice leaders mum on possible new jail
Sheriff, city discussing new jail building that would add capacity for 600 additional inmates
Gusman slashes deputies' hours under new OPP work schedule
Public Defender, sheriff resolve lawsuit over attorney visits
Gusman closes House of Detention
Surrounded by deputies, Orleans Parish Sherriff Marlin Gusman announced today that he is closing the Orleans Parish Prison House of Detention facility on Perdido Street. He said the move is based in part on “the mounting criticisms” and the “inspections by the federal people.”
