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Man Nearly Executed, Awarded $14M after Exoneration

Article • August 8, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, Evidence, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Death Row

Man Nearly Executed, Awarded $14M after Exoneration by A former death row inmate who came within weeks of being executed was awarded $14 million by a federal jury in New Orleans after being cleared of his murder conviction. John Thompson, 40, spent 18 years in prison after being convicted of …

DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors

Article • August 5, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, DNA Testing/Samples, Witnesses, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors by Joe Watson Nicole Harris, Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown have lived through their own nightmares of injustice. All three were wrongfully convicted of the heinous murders of children. Combined, they spent nearly 70 years in prison …

Louisiana Police Chief Faces Civil and Criminal Actions for Sexual Assault of Detainee

Article • August 4, 2016

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Assault by Police, Police Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women

Louisiana Police Chief Faces Civil and Criminal Actions for Sexual Assault of Detainee by A Louisiana woman offered to accept $500,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that she was sexually assaulted after her arrest by Sorrento police chief Earl Theriot, Jr. The offer came about a month after US …

Plaquemines Parish Jail Grand-Opening Faces Shuttered Wasteful Cells

Article • August 4, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems, Jail Specific

Plaquemines Parish Jail Grand-Opening Faces Shuttered Wasteful Cells by David Reutter Hurricane Katrina destroyed the 800 plus bed Plaquemines Parish Detention Center (PPDC). Plans to house out-of-jurisdiction prisoners and corruption by the former sheriff resulted in building a state-of-the-art facility. As of October 2014, the construction of this facility--much larger …

Mother Jones Reporter Goes Undercover at CCA Prison in Louisiana

Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Media, Guards/Staff

Mother Jones Reporter Goes Undercover at CCA Prison in Louisiana by Derek Gilna Mother Jones magazine, known for its in-depth investigative reporting, was not content to merely skim the surface of the controversial private prison industry by viewing it from the outside. Prisons both public and private are notorious for …

BOP Employee’s Discrimination Claim Settled for $10,500 and Back Annual Leave

Article • August 1, 2016

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Employee Litigation

BOP Employee’s Discrimination Claim Settled for $10,500 and Back Annual Leave by The Bureau of Prisons paid $10,500 and reinstated 200 hours of annual leave to settle a medical records employee’s discrimination claim under an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint. Sparkey Lee Wadley worked as a Health Information Technician at the …

$600,000 Settlement in New Orleans Detainee’s Death

Article • July 29, 2016

Filed under: Respiratory, Failure to Treat, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

$600,000 Settlement in New Orleans Detainee’s Death by A $600,000 settlement was reached in the death of a pre-trial detainee at Orleans Parish Prison (OPP).  At least five other lawsuits are pending in the deaths of other detainees. Cayne Miceli is one of at least 44 people to die at …

$500,000 Jury Award in New Orleans’ Woman’s Shooting Death by Police

Article • July 29, 2016

Filed under: Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Police), Police Chases

$500,000 Jury Award in New Orleans’ Woman’s Shooting Death by Police by A New Orleans federal jury awarded $500,000 to a New Orleans woman who was shot and killed by police, but it found her 50% at fault. While driving without her headlights on during the evening of January 24, …

Abandoned and Abused - Orleans Parish Prisoners in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, ACLU, 2006

Publication • July 29, 2016

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Hurricane Katrina

Abandoned and Abused - Orleans Parish Prisoners in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, ACLU, 2006 COVER PHOTOGRAPH: A/P WIDE WORLD PHOTOS Joyce Gilson AUTHORS National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union Founded in 1972 by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Prison Project (NPP) seeks to …

In Defense of Public Access to Justice – Trial-Level Indigent Defense in LA, NLADA, 2004

Publication • July 29, 2016

Filed under: Court Access, Indigent Defense, Due Process

In Defense of Public Access to Justice – Trial-Level Indigent Defense in LA, NLADA, 2004 IN DEFENSE OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO JUSTICE AN ASSESSMENT OF TRIAL-LEVEL INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES IN LOUISIANA 40 YEARS AFTER GIDEON March 2004 Researched & Written by: The National Legal Aid & Defender Association 1140 Connecticut …

LA DOC ICS rates confirmed July 2016

Kickback publication • July 7, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

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Roberts et al v. Black et al, LA, Complaint, debtors prison, 2016

Brief • June 21, 2016

Filed under: Indigent Defense, Money/Property

Roberts et al v. Black et al, LA, Complaint, debtors prison, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-11024 Document 1 Filed 06/21/16 Page 1 of 31 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA EBONY ROBERTS, ROZZIE SCOTT, LATASHA COOK and ROBERT LEVI, Case No. Plaintiffs, COMPLAINT v. ROBERT J. …

Hacker v. Cain, LA, Order, Denial of Medical Care, 2016

Brief • June 6, 2016

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Pain, Vision, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment

Hacker v. Cain, LA, Order, Denial of Medical Care, 2016 Case 3:14-cv-00063-JWD-EWD Document 170 06/06/16 Page 1 of 46 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JASON HACKER, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION No. 3:14-00063-JWD-EWD VERSUS N. BURL CAIN ET AL., Defendants. ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND PLAINTIFF’S …

Exonerees Fulfill Dreams, Help Other Prisoners Overcome Wrongful Convictions

Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016

Filed under: Lobbying, Advocacy, Prison Reform, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Release and Reentry, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Pardons/Clemency

Exonerees Fulfill Dreams, Help Other Prisoners Overcome Wrongful Convictions by David Reutter by David Reutter and Joe Watson Former Louisiana death row prisoner John Thompson has spearheaded an organization that aims to help the wrongfully convicted and former prisoners successfully rebuild their lives. Thompson was sentenced to death for the …

Louisiana Parish Saddled With Large Jail, Large Costs

Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016

Filed under: Transfers, Contractor Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Release and Reentry

Louisiana Parish Saddled With Large Jail, Large Costs by Matthew Clarke Before he pleaded guilty to taking bribes and illegally spending around $150,000 of his campaign money, resulting in a 46-month federal prison sentence in 2013, former Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Sheriff Jiff Hingle may have started his parish on a …