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After delaying budget talks with the City Council for several days, the Sheriff of Orleans Parish presented his office's budget proposal for the 2022 budget, coming in at $4.2 million more than Mayor LaToya Cantrell allotted for the office.
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With Saturday's election producing six races without a clear favorite, voters have less than a month to decide their stances on candidates, including a divisive sheriff's election that could give the city its first female sheriff.
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Undocumented Immigrants In New Orleans Make Progress With Sheriff Gusman, Hope NOPD Will Follow SuitFive years ago, the Department of Homeland Security established a program that forwards local arrest records to a national immigration database. If an…
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The sheriff in charge of the overcrowded and violent New Orleans jail is firing back at critics. Sheriff Marlin Gusman favors a federal consent decree,…
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A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of an agreement between the Justice Department and the city of New Orleans that's designed to clean up…
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The City of New Orleans is reviewing a consent decree designed to revamp operations at the parish jail. Federal officials are looking to the city to…
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The New Orleans jail now has a plan to fix its troubled record of inmate violence and staff misconduct. The problem now is how to pay for improvements.A…
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The U.S. Justice Department is asking to join a class action lawsuit that accuses Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman of overseeing a jail that routinely…
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As Tropical Storm Isaac churns up the Gulf of Mexico, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman said today that he shipped nearly half the prisoners held at…
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Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman confirmed Friday that he is working to outsource the management of the lucrative off-duty private security details…