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DA Jason Williams alleges commissioners routinely set low bails in cases of violence

“The ultimate decision of what conditions, if any, may be needed to release a person is not the district attorney’s but the court’s," MJC's Eric Foley said of the Orleans Parish DA's calls for higher bail amounts.

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Orleans Parish Sheriff Hutson withholding investigative records related several ‘serious’ uses of force on mental health tier

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson is refusing to release investigative records in the case of T.A. as well as several other incidents of use of force by deputies.

The Lens

LCG settles federal panhandling suit for $42,000

Lafayette Consolidated Government administration paid a $42,000 settlement in December to a man targeted by the Lafayette Police Department’s campaign to arrest panhandlers.

The Current

Report: Louisiana often holds inmates beyond release dates

Washington Post

Report: Louisiana often holds inmates beyond release dates

The U.S. Justice Department says Louisiana's prison system routinely holds people beyond their release dates.

ABC News

Many criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial are languishing in parish jails, despite being ordered care at state hospital

Over 100 people throughout Louisiana who have been criminally charged but found mentally incompetent to stand trial are languishing in parish jails — sometimes for months at a time — because there is no room at the state psychiatric hospital where judges have ordered they receive treatment.

The Lens

Judge puts kibosh on Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office attempt to hide records

The decision comes amid concerns about Sheriff Susan Hutson's transparency.

NOLA.com

Delay sought in upcoming Mississippi execution as condemned challenge death methods

"This civil action is not about whether any of the five plaintiffs, including Mr. Loden, should be executed, but about what the methods of execution should be."

Mississippi Clarion Ledger

Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office defends its transparency against attorneys, City Council

The MacArthur Justice Center recently accused the agency of failing to provide dozens of documents related to a flurry of violent incidents within the jail.

Claims that agency is not transparent are ‘unfounded,’ Orleans Sheriff’s Office says

The MacArthur Justice Center has asked a federal judge to force the agency to turn over documents and other materials that it requested following a series of summertime incidents: a fatal fight, suicide, protest that ended in violence and a subsequent shakedown, in which officers searched the jail for contraband.

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