NEW ORLEANS – Following reports that many of the immigrants detained after last week’s ICE raids in Mississippi will be held in Louisiana private prisons, the ACLU of Louisiana issued the following statement:

NEW ORLEANS – As students head back to school for the fall, the ACLU of Louisiana is reminding school leaders to respect the constitutional rights of all students.

BATON ROUGE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today issued the following statement regarding the shooting death of Josef Richardson by a West Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy.

NEW ORLEANS – Ahead of Tropical Storm Barry, the ACLU of Louisiana put local jail officials on notice to protect human life and respect the rights of people incarcerated in local jails and prisons.

NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge today struck down New Orleans’ mural permitting requirements, ruling that requiring property owners to submit proposed murals for “advance review and approval” is a violation of their First Amendment rights.

A new report includes harrowing first-hand accounts of prolonged isolation in Louisiana’s state prisons, where at last count the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LADOC) held at least 17 percent of people in some form of solitary confinement.

NEW ORLEANS – Calling the law unconstitutional and discriminatory, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisina today sent a letter to the Shreveport City Council urging the city to repeal an ordinance that criminalizes people for wearing “saggy pants.”

NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today hailed the Louisiana Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 146, which will limit the practice of jailing sexual assault and domestic violence victims by prosecutors.

The Louisiana Senate today voted 30-6 in favor of House Bill 518, which reforms the state’s unjust, expensive and out-of-step habitual offender statute by eliminating certain first-time, nonviolent offenses from later being eligible for sentencing enhancements.