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NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana released the following statement regarding the Department of Corrections’ COVID-19 Furlough Review Panel that will consider furloughs of incarcerated people who are within the last six months of their prison sentence.
NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today filed a temporary restraining order in their lawsuit against Oakdale Federal Detention Center.
NEW ORLEANS – In a win for the city’s public defenders and civil rights groups representing them, the Louisiana Supreme Court has declined to consider the City of New Orleans’ appeal of a lower court ruling ordering officials to provide the locations of the city’s crime cameras.
NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana prevailed in court on Friday when a federal judge dismissed a defamation case against a New Orleans photographer who was sued by a former school principal, Nicholas Dean.
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Louisiana, and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP sued Warden Rodney Myers and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal today on behalf of incarcerated people at the Oakdale Federal Detention Centers in Oakdale, Louisiana.
Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson urged district judges to take steps to avoid needless jail sentences and prevent people from being incarcerated because they cannot afford bail.