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WASHINGTON – Today, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the ACLU of Louisiana filed an emergency motion seeking the immediate release of asylum seekers who remain under the custody of ICE amid the spread of COVID-19 in ICE detention centers.
NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana this week urged law enforcement officials to take immediate action to stem the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) by reducing the number of people arrested and booked into jail and eliminating non-essential contact between first responders and the public.
NEW ORLEANS – As many Louisiana jails curb in-person visitation to combat the spread of COVID-19, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana is calling on sheriffs to create free, secure, unmonitored phone lines
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 today expressed grave concerns about measures contained in Governor John Bel Edwards’ executive order that would suspend legal deadlines for district attorneys to file charges against people are held in jail.
After 10.3 percent increase, Louisiana’s pretrial incarceration rate is now three times the national average and the highest of any state on record since 1970