criminal justice reform

The Promise of Justice Initiative is fighting for the release of more than 1,500 people in Louisiana prisons.

This year in Louisiana almost 37,000 people became eligible to vote, thanks to a law that reinstated voting rights for formerly incarcerated people...

Massive criminal justice reforms passed by the Legislature two years ago have shed the state’s title as the incarceration capital of the nation.…

Governor John Bel Edwards will be in New Jersey Thursday to meet with President Trump about criminal justice reform. Louisiana revamped its criminal…

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced, "the state of Louisiana no longer holds the title of incarceration capital of the nation."Louisiana is now second to…

Louisiana’s Legislature is already reconsidering a package of criminal justice reforms they passed last year. The goal was to lower the state prison…

Much like health care and higher education in Louisiana, the Department of Corrections is facing deep budget cuts next fiscal year, which would leave them…