News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 Medical Community Urges Governor to Release Vulnerable Incarcerated Population as COVID Cases Climb Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 Report Finds Gross Misconduct by Officials during COVID-19 Continues to Endanger Lives of Incarcerated in Louisiana Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/14/20 COVID Cases in Louisiana State Prisons Surpass 2,000; Double in Less than One Month Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/17/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/17/20 Louisiana DOC Reaches Grim COVID Milestone with Cases Still Climbing Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 Governor’s Task Force Report Offers Clear Recommendations to Address Spread of COVID-19 in Detention Facilities: “There is no public safety without public health.” Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/14/20 Class Action Lawsuit Filed to Release Children from Louisiana’s Dangerous Juvenile Correctional Facilities Amidst Pandemic Read More COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/16/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/16/20 Suit Filed Against Bureaucratic Incompetence Preventing On-Time Release of Inmates Amidst Pandemic Read More COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/14/20 PJI and SPLC File Lawsuit Challenging Dangerous Plan to Move State’s COVID-Positive Incarcerated People to Angola Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 PJI Joins Civil Rights Organizations to Demand Southern Officials Protect the Health and Safety of Incarcerated People from COVID-19 Pandemic Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 Faith Leaders Across Louisiana Urge Governor to Use Emergency Powers for Release of Detainees Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/2/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/2/20 LA Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson Provides Guidance to District Judges on How to Reduce Jail and Prison Population During Outbreak Read More COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/31/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/31/20 PJI Files for Temporary Restraining Order Asking Court to Immediately Prevent Statewide Transfer of COVID-19 Inmates to Ill Equipped Prison Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/19/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/19/20 PJI Joins the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition Letter Urging Better Standards of Care and Release Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 PJI Joins OPPRC letter asking for Immediate Release of Orleans Parish Prison’s High Risk Inmates Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 Outbreak of Covid-19 in Prisons and Jails Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/18/20 Medical Community Urges Governor to Release Vulnerable Incarcerated Population as COVID Cases Climb Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/14/20 Report Finds Gross Misconduct by Officials during COVID-19 Continues to Endanger Lives of Incarcerated in Louisiana Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/14/20 COVID Cases in Louisiana State Prisons Surpass 2,000; Double in Less than One Month Read More
COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/17/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/17/20 Louisiana DOC Reaches Grim COVID Milestone with Cases Still Climbing Read More
COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 Governor’s Task Force Report Offers Clear Recommendations to Address Spread of COVID-19 in Detention Facilities: “There is no public safety without public health.” Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/14/20 Class Action Lawsuit Filed to Release Children from Louisiana’s Dangerous Juvenile Correctional Facilities Amidst Pandemic Read More
COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/16/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/16/20 Suit Filed Against Bureaucratic Incompetence Preventing On-Time Release of Inmates Amidst Pandemic Read More
COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/14/20 PJI and SPLC File Lawsuit Challenging Dangerous Plan to Move State’s COVID-Positive Incarcerated People to Angola Read More
COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 PJI Joins Civil Rights Organizations to Demand Southern Officials Protect the Health and Safety of Incarcerated People from COVID-19 Pandemic Read More
COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 Faith Leaders Across Louisiana Urge Governor to Use Emergency Powers for Release of Detainees Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/2/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/2/20 LA Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson Provides Guidance to District Judges on How to Reduce Jail and Prison Population During Outbreak Read More
COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/31/20 COVID-19 Response, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/31/20 PJI Files for Temporary Restraining Order Asking Court to Immediately Prevent Statewide Transfer of COVID-19 Inmates to Ill Equipped Prison Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/19/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/19/20 PJI Joins the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition Letter Urging Better Standards of Care and Release Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 PJI Joins OPPRC letter asking for Immediate Release of Orleans Parish Prison’s High Risk Inmates Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 Outbreak of Covid-19 in Prisons and Jails Read More
