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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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Hillar Moore, was an investigator in the East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office for 11 years, and a criminal defense attorney for 16 years, before...
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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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Pop Quiz: Which New Orleans official was first elected to office in 1974 and has been reelected to that same office nine times, serving a total of 40…
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At the close of the recent legislative session, Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed additional funding to pay for services for the developmentally disabled. Two
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My, how we love our characters in New Orleans. Which is a good thing. Locals still talk about Ruthie the Duck Girl, even though she died in 2008. In my…
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Family members are often the first to notice signs of mental illness in a loved one, and in many cases they hold the key to unlocking treatment. One local…
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The new private operator of a St. Tammany Parish psychiatric hospital has hired about 125 of the 354 workers laid off by the state.Friday was the last day…
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With Isaac poised to make landfall in the same areas of the Gulf Coast struck by Hurricane Katrina seven years ago, the American Red Cross has a series of…
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Louisiana's health department has received approval to hire private companies to run state facilities in Hammond and Bossier City that care for the…