NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana and Venable LLP have reached a settlement with the New Orleans Police Department on behalf of Mr. Michael Celestine — a Black man who was chased, seized, and arrested...
SHREVEPORT – The ACLU of Louisiana today announced a settlement on behalf of Mr. Brandon Kennedy, who was wrongfully attacked, arrested, and searched by Shreveport police after one of the officers overheard...
NEW ORLEANS – The Department of Justice has concluded there is reasonable cause to believe that the Louisiana Department of Corrections routinely confines people in its custody past the dates when they are...
Louisiana has the nation’s highest incarceration rate, and while historic reforms implemented as part of the 2017 Justice Reinvestment Package have begun to alleviate this crisis, more work must be done to reduce the state’s harmful reliance on incarceration.
