Bobbi-Jeanne Misick
Bobbi-Jeanne Misick reports on health and criminal and social justice issues. Previously she worked as a reporter and producer in the Caribbean, covering a range of topics from different LGBTQ issues in the region to extrajudicial killings in Jamaica and the rise of extremism in Trinidad and Tobago. Bobbi-Jeanne is a graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Before that, she worked as an assistant editor and pop culture writer for Essence.com.
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A September 20 letter from the advocacy group Promise of Justice Initiative addressed to Gov. John Bel Edwards detailed poor conditions, neglect and violence that the Orleans Parish Prison evacuees said they experienced. -
Residents in parishes hit the hardest by the Category 4 Hurricane Ida could see federal relief for housing payments and repairs, officials announced Friday during a visit with U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge.
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One day after the Associated Press published a report revealing a pattern of brutality and secrecy among the Louisiana State Police's troopers, the agency’s newly appointed superintendent outlined reforms implemented over several months during a press conference Friday.
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Across a coastline battered and torn by Hurricane Ida, a new threat is emerging: the risks that come with trying to survive the recovery. Most of the region was under a heat advisory Wednesday with little indication temperatures would dip meaningfully in the coming days.
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For some, this isn’t the first time they’ve hunkered down during a storm, and Ida brought back the trauma of Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans 16 years ago to the day that Ida made landfall.
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Hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents were without power Sunday afternoon as Hurricane Ida began moving over the New Orleans area.
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Due to the current surge of cases of the delta variant of COVID-19, Louisiana is dangerously low on intensive care unit beds, according to the latest data on COVID-19 from the state's health department.
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Advocates say they’re glad immigrants are being let out of detention but worry the chaotic nature of the releases could cause a ‘crisis.’
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A recent study from Tulane University Law School’s Immigrant Rights Clinic found that ICE releases immigrants who use habeas corpus petitions to challenge their lengthy detentions rather than allowing their cases to be heard in courts. This keeps judges from weighing in on prolonged detentions.
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Here’s a complete timeline of what we know about Greene’s fatal arrest, how the state police and other authorities have handled the case and the ongoing demands for justice.
