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A juvenile justice reformer whose tactics to help troubled kids triggered nationwide changes in the justice system died earlier this month. The late...
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The New Orleans jail is up for discussion today. The city's Inspector General is pleading with officials to keep the new jail on track, and expenses…
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Glenn Ford, the Shreveport man exonerated last year after spending 30 years on death row, died yesterday. Ford was 33 years old when he was wrongfully...
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A federal judge in New Orleans has ordered the release of an inmate held in solitary confinement for more than 40 years. He’s the last prisoner in a case…
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The Micah Project develops a base of youth leaders to mitigate gun violence and eliminate the school to prison pipeline.Meet Dolfinette Martin.“I did 7…
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While the Senate Finance Committee began working through the budget Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee was taking public testimony on it. ...
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While Chiffonda Hampton was serving three years in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, she met Tonja Myles, a Peer Support Specialist with Capital Area...
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The House Appropriations committee combed through the Department of Corrections budget Tuesday, and testimony confirmed what many criminal justice...
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When someone having a mental health crisis is picked up by Baton Rouge Police, they often end up inside parish prison. Sources at Capitol Area Human...
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Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the world.The Brennan Center for Justice recently put out a report on the effect of imprisonment on...