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Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
New Orleans Sheriff’s Office Tracked Cellphones Absent Warrants by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Securus Technologies, one of the leading providers of phone-messaging services for correctional facilities, reportedly captured thousands of coordinates showing cellphone locations for clients absent a warrant. Through Securus, both Jefferson and Orleans Parish sheriff’s offices were …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Louisiana Supreme Court: When an Identified Attorney Seeks to Assist a Person in Custody and Police Fail to Inform the Person, Inculpatory Statements Must Be Suppressed by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Louisiana reaffirmed that the law of Louisiana requires law enforcement to inform a person …
Brief • March 6, 2020
Carter v. Sheriff Andy Brown, LA, Sixth Amended Complaint, Lack of Medical Care, 2020 Case 3:18-cv-00068-TAD-KLH Document 120 Filed 03/06/20 Page 1 of 19 PageID #: 2339 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA MONROE DIVISION LANE CARTER CIVIL ACTION: 18-0068, SECTION P VERSUS SHERRIFF ANDY BROWN, IN HIS …
Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police
Sheriff Ackal’s Corruption Continues to Plague Louisiana Parish by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney More than 100 criminal cases in Louisiana’s Iberia Parish have been thrown out due to a federal investigation into Sheriff Louis Ackal’s reign. And now hundreds more may also get the boot. First Assistant District Attorney …
Brief • November 14, 2019
Filed under: Protests
Imani v. City of Baton Rouge, LA, Complaint, Protesting, 2019 Case 3:17-cv-00439-JWD-EWD Document 189-1 11/14/19 Page 1 of 85 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ____________________________________ ) BLAIR IMANI, AKEEM MUHAMMAD, ) RAAE POLLARD, SAMANTHA NICHOLS, ) TAMMY CHENEY, ALEXUS CHENEY, ) VICTOR ONUOHA, KAREN SAVAGE, ) CHERRI …
Article • October 15, 2019 • from CLN November, 2019
Fifth Circuit: Practices of Orleans Parish Judges in Collecting Fines and Fees Violates Due Process by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the decision of a district court that granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in a § 1983 suit alleging …
Article • September 14, 2019
No Attorney Fees for Pro Se Attorney Under FOIA by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held an attorney appearing pro se cannot recover attorney fees under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Immigration attorney Michael W. Gahagan uses FOIA to obtain government documents to assist his clients and for …
Solitary Watch, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Jesuit Social Research Institute: A Report on Lockdown - A Report on the Use of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana State Prisons, With Testimony from the People Who Live It, 2019 Louisiana on Lockdown A Report on the Use of Solitary Confinement in …
Publication • June 1, 2019
The Sentencing Project, Campaign to End Life Imprisonment - Women and Girls Serving Life Sentences, 2019 CAMPAIGN TO END LIFE IMPRISONMENT WOMEN AND GIRLS SERVING LIFE SENTENCES Nationwide one of every 15 women in prison — nearly 7,000 women — is serving a life or virtual life sentence.1 One-third of …
Publication • 2019
Louisiana - disapproved publications (7-2-19) Department Regulation No. C-02-009 Offender Mail and Publications Revised 02 July 2019 REJECTION LIST Publications: A Witches Bible – The Complete Witches Handbook Airbrush Action – September/October 2010, March/April 2016 Airbrush Bible AL-HAGG Newsletter Volume 10 Issue 3 Al-Haq Allure - May 2008, December 2011, …
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Louisiana police officer decertifications name last Paul Wayne Charles Charles Donald Cogswell Cogswell Shawn Daigle Daigle Dewayne Anthony JacksoJackson Danny Eugene Williams Williams William Olam Wise Wise Mitchell Arnold Arnold Marcus Aucoin Aucoin Kay Authement Authement Phil Barrios Barrios James Bartholomae Bartholomae John Bass Bass Louis Boyd Boyd Cynthia Briley …
Publication • June 1, 2019
Paid in Full- A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans, Vera Institute of Justice, 2019 Paid in Full: A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans Jon Wool, Alison Shih, and Melody Chang June 2019 The following organizations endorse this report and its recommendations: ADL South Central …
Brief • May 24, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific
Charles v. Leblanc, LA, Complaint, Jail Conditions, 2019 Case 5:18-cv-00541-EEF-MLH Document 201-1 Filed 05/24/19 Page 1 of 59 PageID #: 3289 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA BRUCE CHARLES, CARLTON TURNER, * LARRY JONES, and RONALD BROOKS, * behalf of themselves and all other similarly * situated prisoners …
Publication • May 1, 2019
Louisiana Legislative Auditor - Prison Enterprises - Evaluation of Operations, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, 2019 PRISON ENTERPRISES EVALUATION OF OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS PERFORMANCE AUDIT SERVICES ISSUED MAY 1, 2019 LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR 1600 NORTH THIRD STREET POST OFFICE BOX 94397 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70804-9397 …
Brief • April 11, 2019
Moore v. LaSalle Corrections, Inc., LA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2019 Case 3:16-cv-01007-TAD-KLH Document 140 Filed 04/11/19 Page 1 of 31 PageID #: 1308 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA MONROE DIVISION ERIE MOORE, JR., ET AL. CIVIL ACTION NO: 3:16-CV-01007 VERSUS JUDGE TERRY A. DOUGHTY LaSALLE CORRECTIONS, INC., …
Article • February 14, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Louisiana Supreme Court Vacates Conviction for Batson Violation by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Supreme Court of Louisiana affirmed a court of appeals determination that a trial court erred when it denied a Batson challenge to the State striking one of two black jurors from a criminal trial panel …
Article • January 19, 2019 • from CLN February, 2019
Louisiana Ends Jim Crow-era Law: Unanimous Jury Requirement Now in Constitution by Virginia Griese by Virginia Griese The new year brings an end to an archaic Jim Crow-era law in Louisiana that allowed split juries in criminal cases. Felony convictions or acquittals in the state now require unanimous jury decisions, …
Publication • January 1, 2019
The Missing Link, Loyola University, 2019 LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES PAPER NUMBER 2019-21 The Missing Link: Jail and Prison Conditions in Criminal Justice Reform Andrea Armstrong, Law Visiting Committee Distinguished Professor of Law 80 La. L. Rev. 1 (2019) This paper can be freely downloaded from the Social Science …
Article • November 1, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018
Federal Judge Orders New Orleans Municipal Court System to Reform Money Bail by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On August 6, 2018, Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ordered the New Orleans Municipal Court system to reform its money bond system, …
Article • September 24, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Counsel’s Failure to Challenge ‘Stark Contrasts’ in Witness ID and Defendant’s Appearance Constituted IAC by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Counsel’s failure to challenge the “stark contrasts” between witness descriptions of a suspect and the defendant clearly affected the jury’s conclusion, the Supreme Court of Louisiana …
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