BATON ROUGE—Over 15 bills were heard yesterday during the first day of committee hearings for the special legislative session on crime. In order to fast track their passage, House Republicans suspended rules on proposed bills that could potentially add millions to Louisiana’s state budget.

NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana has released the following statement in response to plans for the unprecedented partnership between the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office and Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office.

NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana has released the following statement in response to Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry’s call for an extraordinary session of the Louisiana Legislature regarding crime.

BATON ROUGE — National civil rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Louisiana, Amnesty International USA, Color of Change, Death Penalty Action, Faith Leaders of Color Coalition, Justice Roundtable, Prison Policy Initiative and Vera Institute for Justice...

NEW ORLEANS — The ACLU of Louisiana and the law firm Wilson Sonsini sent a letter today to the Department of Justice calling for an investigation into the lack of access to counsel within Louisiana’s prison system.

NEW ORLEANS — The plaintiffs in Singleton et al. v. Cannizzaro have reached a historic settlement today with the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, bringing an end to OPDA’s years-long use of fake subpoenas and intimidation to illegally coerce and jail victims and witnesses.

NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today issued the following statement regarding Senate Bill 188, which would roll back core elements of the state’s bipartisan Justice Reinvestment Package and cost taxpayers up to $9.6 million per year.

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.