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A new study shows Louisiana remains number one in the world for the amount of people per capita it sends to prison. Experts find it’s an expensive and…
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When Earl K. Long Hospital closed nearly two years ago, LSU’s private partner in Baton Rouge — Our Lady of the Lake — took over patient care, but...
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A grand jury has indicted an Orleans Parish sheriff's deputy in connection with a stabbing inside Orleans Parish Prison.The Sheriff's Office said…
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The New Orleans Inspector General says the electronic monitoring program is a waste of money.A report released this morning finds the ankle monitors are…
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New Orleans police will lead the investigation into the death of an inmate at the Orleans Parish jail.NOPD spokesman Tyler Gamble says state police could…
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The Orleans Parish sheriff has asked state police to investigate a jail death that the coroner says was homicide.State Police chief Colonel Mike Edmonson…
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Louisiana is one of the only states that has not cut down on incarceration rates over the last five years, the Times-Picayune reports.A new Pew report…
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is asking the governor to pull state inmates from Orleans Parish Prison. He says it could save tens of millions of…
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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is starting to serve his 10-year sentence for corruption. Two major players in the scheme that landed him behind bars…
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A suspect in a deadly drive-by shooting in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward got into a fight with another inmate on his first day inside Orleans Parish…