News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe Isabel Naquin 5/11/23 Isabel Naquin 5/11/23 House Committee Advances Insufficient Remedy for Unconstitutional Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Read More Isabel Naquin 3/30/23 Isabel Naquin 3/30/23 Fond Farewell Read More Isabel Naquin 2/24/23 Isabel Naquin 2/24/23 PJI Holds Initial Screenings for End Plantation Prisons series Read More Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 PJI Announces Appointment of Next Executive Director Read More Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 PJI’s Efforts on Overdetention Lead to Major DOJ Findings Read More Matt Bailey 1/5/23 Matt Bailey 1/5/23 PJI Releases End Plantation Prison Resource With Partners Read More News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 PJI Overdetention Litigation Featured in New York Times Read More Matt Bailey 11/18/22 Matt Bailey 11/18/22 PJI Celebrates Its Founding with Anniversary Event, Video, and Art Installation Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 The Promise of Justice Initiative’s Statement on Louisiana Supreme Court Denying Remedy to Those Convicted by Jim Crow Jury Verdicts Read More Guest User 9/28/22 Guest User 9/28/22 PJI Executive Director, Mercedes Montagnes, receives prestigious Harvard Law School Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowship Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 PJI Launches Walker – Thompson Fellowship in honor of criminal justice reform advocates John Thompson and Neal Walker Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 John Thompson Legacy Center opens on 9/6 in the former Resurrection After Exoneration space Read More Guest User 8/25/22 Guest User 8/25/22 PJI Releases Annual Report as it Enters its 10th Year of Impact Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation Matt Bailey 7/20/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Matt Bailey 7/20/22 New Report: Human Rights Violations in Prisons Throughout Southern United States Cause Disparate & Lasting Harm in Black Communities Read More Guest User 7/13/22 Guest User 7/13/22 New Beginnings Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 6/17/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 6/17/22 PJI Concludes Lewis v. Cain “Remedy Hearing” Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/10/22 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/10/22 Louisiana survivors of violence champion legislation for increased access in victim reparations Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Press Release Guest User 6/6/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Press Release Guest User 6/6/22 Lewis v. Cain trial remedy phase begins June 6 Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/10/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/10/22 Promise of Justice Initiative argues before Louisiana Supreme Court in Reddick v. Louisiana, a case that will decide the fate of 1,500 people who remain incarcerated as a result of Jim Crow juries Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/18/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/18/22 Promise of Justice Marks Two Years Post Ramos v. Louisiana and Louisiana Supreme Court to Hear Argument on the Fate of 1500 cases on May 10, 2022 Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Isabel Naquin 5/11/23 Isabel Naquin 5/11/23 House Committee Advances Insufficient Remedy for Unconstitutional Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Read More
Isabel Naquin 2/24/23 Isabel Naquin 2/24/23 PJI Holds Initial Screenings for End Plantation Prisons series Read More
Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 PJI Announces Appointment of Next Executive Director Read More
Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 PJI’s Efforts on Overdetention Lead to Major DOJ Findings Read More
Matt Bailey 1/5/23 Matt Bailey 1/5/23 PJI Releases End Plantation Prison Resource With Partners Read More
News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 PJI Overdetention Litigation Featured in New York Times Read More
Matt Bailey 11/18/22 Matt Bailey 11/18/22 PJI Celebrates Its Founding with Anniversary Event, Video, and Art Installation Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 The Promise of Justice Initiative’s Statement on Louisiana Supreme Court Denying Remedy to Those Convicted by Jim Crow Jury Verdicts Read More
Guest User 9/28/22 Guest User 9/28/22 PJI Executive Director, Mercedes Montagnes, receives prestigious Harvard Law School Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowship Read More
Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 PJI Launches Walker – Thompson Fellowship in honor of criminal justice reform advocates John Thompson and Neal Walker Read More
Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 John Thompson Legacy Center opens on 9/6 in the former Resurrection After Exoneration space Read More
Guest User 8/25/22 Guest User 8/25/22 PJI Releases Annual Report as it Enters its 10th Year of Impact Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation Matt Bailey 7/20/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Matt Bailey 7/20/22 New Report: Human Rights Violations in Prisons Throughout Southern United States Cause Disparate & Lasting Harm in Black Communities Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 6/17/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 6/17/22 PJI Concludes Lewis v. Cain “Remedy Hearing” Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/10/22 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/10/22 Louisiana survivors of violence champion legislation for increased access in victim reparations Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Press Release Guest User 6/6/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Press Release Guest User 6/6/22 Lewis v. Cain trial remedy phase begins June 6 Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/10/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/10/22 Promise of Justice Initiative argues before Louisiana Supreme Court in Reddick v. Louisiana, a case that will decide the fate of 1,500 people who remain incarcerated as a result of Jim Crow juries Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/18/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 4/18/22 Promise of Justice Marks Two Years Post Ramos v. Louisiana and Louisiana Supreme Court to Hear Argument on the Fate of 1500 cases on May 10, 2022 Read More
