NEW ORLEANS – The Department of Justice has concluded there is reasonable cause to believe that the Louisiana Department of Corrections routinely confines people in its custody past the dates when they are legally entitled to be released from custody, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

NEW ORLEANS – In an unfortunate decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Louisiana State Police should not be held liable for failing to protect peaceful protesters at the June 3, 2020 George Floyd rally in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS — In 2022, as we marked 20 years of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the ACLU of Louisiana and immigrants’ rights coalition partners launched an initiative designed to provide people detained in Louisiana with knowledge about their legal rights.

NEW ORLEANS — More than three and a half years after Ronald Greene was killed by Louisiana State Troopers, five law enforcement officers have been indicted on state charges by a grand jury in Union Parish, Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS — The ACLU of Louisiana issued the following statement regarding the Union Parish grand jury’s decision to pursue criminal charges against the four Louisiana State Police troopers and deputy responsible for Ronald Greene's death.

NEW ORLEANS — The ACLU of Louisiana is suing the Louisiana State Police and the East Jefferson Levee District Police Department for killing Mr. Jabari Asante-Chioke – a Black man who was shot 24 times by police officers employed by both agencies.

RAPIDES PARISH — The ACLU of Louisiana filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that seeks to hold Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office accountable for violating Waylon Bailey’s free speech rights after he made a joke on Facebook.

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.

BATON ROUGE — In a letter to the East Baton Rouge School System, the ACLU expressed alarm about an event during which students were subjected to religious proselytizing, and female students were given instruction in sexual abstinence and told hey should practice forgiveness of sexual abusers.