Bobbi-Jeanne Misick
Justice, Race and Equity Reporter, Gulf States NewsroomBobbi-Jeanne Misick is the justice, race and equity reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom, a collaboration between NPR, WWNO in New Orleans, WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama and MPB-Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson. She is also an Ida B. Wells Fellow with Type Investigations at Type Media Center.
Previously, Bobbi-Jeanne worked as a reporter for WWNO and WRKF reporting on health, criminal and social justice issues. She has also worked as a reporter and producer in the Caribbean, covering a range of topics from different LGBTQ issues in the region to extrajudicial killings in Jamaica and the rise of extremism in Trinidad and Tobago.
Bobbi-Jeanne is a graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Before that, she worked as an assistant editor and pop culture writer for Essence.com.
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A hearing will start Tuesday on moving juvenile offenders out of the Angola prison in Louisiana. They were supposed to be housed there only until April, but are still there.
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Immigration attorneys and advocates say audio of the Louisiana ICE facility staff’s response to a seizure a detainee suffered underscores alleged negligence. -
Today on Louisiana Considered, Stephan Bisaha gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his recent reporting about the growth of dollar stores in the region. Plus, we learn about medical neglect in a Louisiana immigration detention center and hear how advocates are trying to address this concern. -
The attorneys and advocates who filed the complaint on Daniel Cortes De La Valle’s behalf are asking ICE to release him immediately.
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A man held at the ICE facility in Jena said detainees are being held in some cases up to three months after receiving their final deportation notices. -
Three women detail the grueling, personal work behind regular visits to Louisiana’s detention centers to help immigrants make it through the asylum process. -
Daniel L. Hatcher discusses his book, which looks at how state agencies exploit impoverished families to make money through the U.S. juvenile justice system. -
A conversation with journalist and podcast host Josie Duffy Rice details the troubled history of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, or Mt. Meigs. -
A Gulf States Newsroom investigation digs into the Deep South’s thorny regional immigration system and the obstacles and steep odds at every turn. -
Innocence Project New Orleans, Raymond Flanks’ defense team, and DA Jason Williams’ Civil Rights Division filed the motion to vacate his conviction.
