How Much Is Louisiana Spending to Criminalize Children? Operation Restoration Demands Answers

April 8, 2025

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? According to Operation Restoration’s recent campaign, Louisiana is budgeting $197.9 […]


Constructed Inequality: How New Orleans Became a Case Study in America’s Urban Crime Crisis

April 6, 2025

Every time someone points at New Orleans and says, “See? Another murder. Another carjacking,” they ignore the reality: the conditions behind 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 mass incarceration, […]


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