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Louisiana School District Will End School-Sponsored Religious Proselytizing

WEBSTER PARISH, La. – Webster Parish School District will no longer subject students to school-sponsored Christian prayer, proselytizing, and other religious rituals under the terms of a consent decree approved Friday by a federal judge.

May 14, 2018

Louisiana Civil Rights Groups File Open Records Requests Demanding Transparency and Action on Pretrial Detentions

NEW ORLEANS – A coalition of civil rights and social justice groups filed coordinated public records requests to each of the 64 jails across Louisiana today demanding accurate information and immediate action to reduce the number of people being held in Louisiana jails awaiting trial.

April 30, 2018

ACLU of Louisiana Statement on Senate Passage of SB 389

BATON ROUGE – The ACLU of Louisiana, as part of Louisianans for Prison Alternatives, released the following statement regarding the Louisiana Senate’s passage of SB 389, which would roll back a number of the bipartisan criminal justice reforms passed last year.

April 24, 2018

Louisiana Department of Corrections Agrees to Lift Restrictions on Interviews at Angola After ACLU Lawsuit

The Louisiana Department of Corrections has agreed to lift restrictions on media interviews with people incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola under the terms of a settlement agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana announced today.

April 18, 2018

Louisianans for Prison Alternatives Responds to House Passing Rollback Legislation (HB 195)

The Louisiana House of Representatives today voted 62-30 to approve HB 195, a bill that would rollback probation reform adopted last year as part of the justice reinvestment package.

April 3, 2018

ACLU Responds to Attorney General Landry’s Decision Not to Charge Officers Involved in Alton Sterling’s Killing

BATON ROUGE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana released the following statement in response to Attorney General Jeff Landry’s decision not to bring criminal charges against the two officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling.

March 27, 2018

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