criminal justice reform

How did Louisiana end up with the world’s highest incarceration rate? Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre says it grew out of the late 1980’s national…

“It wasn’t easy, having to come back in society, with having to adjust myself to the real world after spending 35 years in prison.”Reginald is in his 60s,…

What does the “world’s highest incarceration rate” really mean?“It feels oftentimes that as DAs and judges we are flipping hamburgers because the volume…

“Crime and incarceration is only a manifestation of the failed policies and the neglect of our government to address the needs of the people of the state…

“Everybody needs somebody to fight for them, and just because I’m poor doesn’t mean I need to be treated any different,” says Joseph Allen.He one of the…