The name “Orleans Parish Prison” still stirs outrage in New Orleans, even after its rebranding as the Orleans Justice Center. From the abandonment of inmates during Hurricane Katrina to the federal consent decree still in place today, the jail has long symbolized the city’s deep-rooted failures around incarceration, mental health, and racial justice. Big Easy […]
As the Louisiana state government plans to spend nearly $198 million on juvenile incarceration in 2025, grassroots advocates like Operation Restoration are raising urgent questions: Why is the state doubling down on youth prisons while crime declines and communities cry out for investment in prevention? The growing demand for juvenile justice reform highlights a shift […]
Every time someone points at New Orleans and says, “See? Another murder. Another carjacking,” they ignore the reality: the conditions behind New Orleans crime in cities like ours weren’t random—they were built, layer by layer, over decades. From government-backed redlining to the hollowing out of urban communities through white flight, and the devastating rise of […]
New data from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) offers a rare bit of encouraging news: youth crime is on the decline in the Crescent City. The driving force behind this positive trend, according to city officials, is the innovative work being done at the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center (JJIC). Now, residents and policy advocates […]
A federal judge has issued an injunction preventing the State of Louisiana from executing Jessie Hoffman using nitrogen gas, halting what would have been the state’s first use of the controversial execution method. The ruling comes just days before the scheduled March 18 execution, with the judge finding that Hoffman has a strong likelihood of […]
On Monday, January 13th at noon, in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building (500 Poydras St), New Orleans or Community Oversight of Police (NOCOP) will host a rally and picket line in opposition to the New Orleans Police Department NOPD consent decree protests entering sustainment. In September 2024, the city of New Orleans and […]
In a pivotal moment of justice long delayed, former priest Lawrence Hecker, 93, pleaded guilty to all charges against him as his trial was set to begin. Hecker faced charges of aggravated rape, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated crime against nature, and theft for the 1975 assault of a teenage boy in a church—a crime that remained […]
Six activists are set to appear in New Orleans Municipal Court on Tuesday, November 19, and Thursday, November 21, facing charges stemming from their involvement in a peaceful pro-Palestine encampment at Tulane University last May. The encampment, initiated by students from Tulane and Loyola universities, aimed to pressure the schools to disclose and divest any […]
A jury has found Jermaine Brisco guilty of Second Degree Murder, First Degree Feticide, and Attempted Obstruction of Justice in the 2016 killing of 22-year-old Raven Veal and her unborn child. The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office announced the verdict on November 12, 2024, marking the end of a long, challenging journey for Veal’s family […]
A new report by Eye on Surveillance (EOS NOLA), in collaboration with the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (ACLU-LA) and the New Orleans Office of the Independent Police Monitor (OIPM), reveals significant shortcomings in how the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) classifies complaints related to domestic incident investigations. The report highlights that from 2016 […]
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