The New Orleans Police Department and its partnering agencies scored a big win Friday, April 5 when Congressman Troy Carter announced a $3.3 million dollar grant for criminal justice initiatives […]
Category: Criminal Justice
Beware of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: NOLA Community Groups Caution Citizens of Minneapolis About Consent Decree Process & Monitors
March 7, 2024Two New Orleans community organizations recently sent a letter to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis NAACP warning them about what to expect from the monitors that have been […]
Louisiana Sheriff’s Department Settles Two Use-of-Force Cases, Including One in Which an Autistic Teen Died
December 4, 2023Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons This story was originally published on Propublica.org. by Richard A. Webster, Verite News ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. […]
Lawsuit Challenges Forced Agricultural Labor at Angola
September 20, 2023On Saturday, the Promise of Justice Initiative (PJI) and Rights Behind Bars, two nonprofit advocacy groups, filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Corrections and Prison Enterprises challenging the practice of forced agricultural labor at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, or Angola.
We’ll give you $400k if the victim stops cooperating with the police investigation
August 7, 2023JEFFERSON PARISH (SCSA) The V.M. Wheeler case has always been peculiar and sparked our interest. Wheeler, an Attorney and a Catholic Deacon in the New Orleans Archdiocese, died of pancreatic […]
ACLU & SPLC: Juveniles Housed at Angola Face Extended Solitary Confinement, Extreme Heat with No AC
July 18, 2023According to an emergency motion filed by the ACLU, juveniles housed at the Louisiana State Penitentiary are routinely placed in solitary confinement for 72 consecutive hours, locked in their cells for over 23 hours as punishment, and are handcuffed and shackled as punishment during their outdoor recreation time.
Opinion: In the 11th Hour, New Orleans Archdiocese Hands Over Sealed Documents
June 19, 2023This article was originally published on www.scsaorg.org. Big Easy Magazine was given permission to publish by author, Richard Windmann, Ph.D. It would seem that we finally have a champion on […]
Involuntary Slavery and Servitude Should Be Prohibited in Louisiana
May 12, 2023Newly-elected New Orleans State Rep. Alonzo Knox has gotten off to a fast start by strongly advocating for an important piece of legislation by State Rep. Edmond Jordan to prohibit […]
New Orleans Needs To Get Ambitious on Public Safety
May 12, 2023My heart aches because I am wondering how we got here. “Here,” for New Orleans, is the heinous murder of a mother while her child was in the backseat and […]
Judge Veronica Henry To Seek Vacant Seat in Civil District Court
May 10, 2023Judge Veronica Henry, who has served with distinction in First City Court for more than a decade, has announced her intentions to run for Orleans Parish Civil District Court Division […]
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