Lawyers for the city of New Orleans and Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman have reached an agreement, for now, on how to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to reform the city’s violent jail.
The sheriff’s office is under federal court order to improve conditions at the jail.
Today’s agreement covers about one-quarter of nearly $1.9 million provided last year for extra security, medical workers and pay raises for staff at the current jail.
The remaining money will be used to look at numerous other issues, like plans for a new jail set to open later this year.
