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Governor John Bel Edwards will be in New Jersey Thursday to meet with President Trump about criminal justice reform. Louisiana revamped its criminal…
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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…
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The session’s first criminal justice reform bill is headed to the Senate floor. SB 16 by Dan Claitor addresses the problem of those previously sentenced…
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Burl Cain may be gone as Angola’s warden, but he’s far from forgotten, as the Legislative Audit Advisory Council looked into allegations of…
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“We have done the most comprehensive study of Louisiana’s criminal justice system in the history of our state,” Corrections Secretary Jimmy Leblanc said,…
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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…
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The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry convened a summit Thursday to start tackling one of the state’s less desirable statistics.“We…
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Usually “We’re Number One” is something to brag about, but in this case, it’s not a stellar statistic.“The United States leads the world in the number of…
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Even before he’s sworn in as governor at noon today, John Bel Edwards is having to defend some of his leadership staff selections, beginning with the…