Yesterday was a big day in New Orleans for advocates of criminal justice and mental healthcare reform, especially the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC). A crowd of community advocates spoke in opposition to the construction of a new Phase III jail for inmates with mental health problems at the city council meeting. These advocates […]
The Criminal District Court of Orleans Parish has ordered the release of people being held on a pre-trial basis for misdemeanor or other low-level offenses from the city jail on Wednesday, after the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC) sent more than 300 emails to the inboxes of each Criminal District Court Judge and other […]
Just two days after a Washington Post report showing that New Orleans’ Municipal Court has more than 56,000 outstanding warrants (equivalent to 1 in 7 New Orleans adults having a warrant out for their arrest), community organizers, Orleans Parish public defenders, and local elected officials are joining together to call for the dismissal of all […]
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