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WASHINGTON — Last night, a federal judge dismissed our class action lawsuit against Warden Rodney Myers and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal, filed on behalf of incarcerated people at the Oakdale Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana issued the following statement regarding the amended emergency election plan, which severely limits the circumstances under which voters will be allowed to vote by mail.
NEW ORLEANS – Amid a rising death toll from COVID-19 at Louisiana prisons and jails, a new data model shows that COVID-19 could claim the lives of approximately 100,000 more people nationwide
NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s attempt to evade accountability by claiming absolute immunity for jailing and coercing crime victims with fraudulent subpoenas.
NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana urged New Orleans officials to shelve a plan to conduct “informational” stops of motorists amid COVID-19, asserting the plan raises serious concerns for constitutional rights and public health.
NEW ORLEANS – Today the American Civil Liberties Union released a new report that showed Black people are 3.4 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession in Louisiana, despite comparable national marijuana usage rates.