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Tag: criminal justice

Posted inJustice

Mental health professionals oppose Louisiana sending more youth to adult prisons

by Julie O’Donoghue | Louisiana Illuminator November 19, 2024November 19, 2024

A proposal that would lift limitations on criminally charging people under 17 as adults is moving quickly through the legislature.

A pay phone inside the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans.
Posted inJustice, News

New Orleans jail to offer limited free phone calls, tablet access for detainees

Bobbi-Jeanne Misick by Bobbi-Jeanne Misick August 12, 2024October 29, 2024
Posted inJustice

New Louisiana law serves as a warning to bystanders who film police: Stay away or face arrest

Richard A. Webster by Richard A. Webster July 31, 2024November 18, 2024
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A judge ruled a Louisiana prison’s health care system has failed inmates for decades. A federal law could block reforms.

Richard A. Webster by Richard A. Webster July 25, 2024April 22, 2025
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Q&A: Robert and Sibil Fox Richardson on ‘Time II,’ a documentary about mass incarceration premiering at Essence

Avatar photo by John Gray July 1, 2024August 13, 2024
Erin Marrero-Savoie, founder and executive director of Phoenix Project NOLA, stands next to the platform of a new tiny home being built to house people recently released from jail or prison. It's set to be completed in late July.
Posted inCommunity, Housing, News

Local nonprofit builds tiny home for people leaving prison or jail

Avatar photo by John Gray June 19, 2024August 13, 2024
Reginald Johnson (left), founder of Youthful Offenders to Reformed and Responsible Adults (YORRA), and Desmond Lewis (right), treasurer for the group, and stand with a child on Whitney Avenue and L B Landry Avenue on March 30, 2024. YORRA hosted a free easter basket giveaway that day.
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Formerly incarcerated people to host reunion Saturday at Audubon Park

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson June 14, 2024December 11, 2024
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Torture Accusations Could Lead to Civil Rights Case in Mississippi

Mississippi Today logo by Mississippi Today and The New York Times June 11, 2024August 13, 2024
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‘Did you Tase him in the face!?’ Inside ‘Goon Squad’ deputies’ group chat

Mississippi Today logo by Mississippi Today and The New York Times May 29, 2024August 13, 2024
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Posted inEnvironment

‘Imprisonment is the consequence, not dying of heatstroke’: A look at extreme heat in Louisiana’s prisons

Lue Palmer by Lue Palmer April 17, 2024November 18, 2024

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