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Incarcerated Plaintiffs Ask Court to Reconsider Ruling That Found Constitutional Violations but Left Angola Prison’s Forced Labor System Intact

June 29, 2026

Plaintiffs seek relief from unconstitutional heat conditions and a ruling on the dignitary harm arising from forced labor and the legacy of slavery embedded in Angola’s Farm Line Incarcerated plaintiffs in VOTE v. LeBlanc have asked a federal district court to reconsider last month’s ruling, which found constitutional violations in Louisiana State Penitentiary’s (Angola) “Farm […]

Federal Court Leaves Angola’s ‘Farm Line’ Intact Despite Finding Dangerous Heat Conditions

June 5, 2026

Advocates say the ruling amounts to “a victory without a remedy” in a case challenging what they describe as slavery-like forced labor at Louisiana State Penitentiary. A federal court has declined to order permanent relief in a class-action lawsuit challenging the Louisiana State Penitentiary’s controversial “Farm Line,” leaving intact a prison labor system that incarcerated […]

DA Jason Williams Calls for Survivors and Witnesses to Come Forward in Sexual Assault Investigation of Lucien W. Jacob

October 29, 2025

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Rogers Williams has issued a public call urging additional survivors and witnesses to come forward in connection with the ongoing investigation of Lucien W. Jacob, also known as “Billy Jacob,” “Little B Jacob,” or “Lou Jacob.” Standing with leaders from the Kenner Police Department, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), […]

DNA Evidence Leads to Conviction in 2022 Tulane Student Sexual Assault

October 3, 2025

A New Orleans man has pled guilty to the 2022 sexual assault and kidnapping of a Tulane University student, a case solved through swift police collaboration and decisive forensic breakthroughs. On Monday, September 29, 2025, Minh R. Nguyen appeared in Section L of Criminal District Court before Judge Angel Harris and pled guilty to two […]

19 People Detained at the Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Angola’s Camp J Launch Hunger Strike Against Inhumane Conditions

September 21, 2025

Today marks four days of an ongoing hunger strike led by nineteen individuals detained at the new Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Camp J at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (“Angola”).  Their demands are:  Medical care, mental health care, and necessary prescription medications Basic necessities such as toilet paper, sufficient hygiene products, and ample clean water […]

Cantrell Indictment, Unpacked: What Each Federal Count Alleges, and How Prosecutors Say the Scheme Worked

September 10, 2025

As Mayor LaToya Cantrell heads to federal court for arraignment, the charging document against her reads like a roadmap of overlapping theories of public-corruption: a fraud scheme built on taxpayer-funded travel and on-duty hours for her then, police bodyguard, and an obstruction campaign that allegedly used disappearing messages, misleading sworn statements, and pressure on subordinates […]

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