NEW ORLEANS —The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Shreveport resident Gregory James Bledsoe, who brought malicious prosecution claims against Dean Willis and David McClure, members of the Shreveport Police Department, based on an alleged wrongful arrest without probable cause

NEW ORLEANS—The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana will be hosting its 43rd Ben Smith Fete on Saturday, December 2nd at the historic Tate, Etienne, Prevost (TEP) Interpretive Center in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward.

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 YORK -- ACLU of Louisiana (ACLU-LA), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), and New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed five Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to obtain records from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding policies and practices within the...

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 — 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...

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...