Louisiana Considered: Broken promises to Louisiana prisoners led to wrongful life sentences

By Patrick Madden,

Aubry Procell

Published October 25, 2021 at 1:01 PM CDT

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
Gulf States Newsroom reporter Bobbi-Jeanne Misick reports on the 10-6 lifers, inmates and former inmates who were promised they’d only spend 10 years and six months in prison for their crimes if they exhibited good behavior. But as laws regarding minimum sentencing changed, their sentences were revised to life in prison with no chance of parole.
In a story originally produced for NPR’s “Living Downstream” podcast, Gulf States Newsroom reporter Shalina Chatlani reports from Iberia Parish, where Black farmers are seeing their leases and land disappear. They say racist policies are to blame.