NEW ORLEANS—The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana’s Justice Lab announced today it has secured $500,000 for victims of racist policing and their families. Founded in June 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, Justice Lab works to hold law enforcement accountable for violent

NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today agreed with a lower court that the congressional map enacted by the Louisiana Legislature following the 2020 census is discriminatory and likely violates the federal Voting Rights Act.

NEW ORLEANS —The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in favor of civil rights activist Ronald Chisom, the Honorable Marie Bookman, the Urban League, the United States, and Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson in Chisom v. State of Louisiana, upholding Black voters’ ability to elect a jus

NEW ORLEANS— The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a writ of mandamus to vacate the remedial hearing set for Oct. 3 – 5 in Robinson v. Ardoin, the challenge to Louisiana’s discriminatory congressional map. The District Court hearing to determine the new map is canceled, for now...

BATON ROUGE – After more than a year of national and local advocacy, public outrage and an ongoing federal lawsuit, the state of Louisiana has finally relented and moved children out of the nation’s largest adult maximum security prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola...

BATON ROUGE -- A federal judge has ordered Louisiana officials to stop housing children in the former death row of Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, and to remove them from the location by Sept. 15. The ruling, which Chief Judge Shelly Dick delivered from the bench, comes after...

There remains no question that Mr. Brown’s constitutional rights were violated when he suffered a brutal beating at the hands of officer Grant while being held in DPSO detention.

BATON ROUGE — Yesterday was the first day of a multi-day emergency hearing in which attorneys representing children — nearly all Black boys — incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, are making the case for why emergency action should be taken to order the state...

NEW ORLEANS – In a significant victory for police accountability in Louisiana, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling in the case of ACLU of Louisiana Justice Lab client Bruce Washington, a 54-year-old Black man and St. Tammany Parish resident who was illegally frisked...