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WEBSep 2, 2024 · Louisiana sanctions use of pepper spray and mace on detained juveniles. In July, a new state law put all Louisiana pretrial juvenile detention centers under the umbrella of the state Office of Juvenile Justice. Soon after, the agency filed an ‘emergency order’ approving the use of ‘chemical agents’ in those facilities.
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Neighborhoods Watched: The Toolbox - The Lens
WEBOct 21, 2021 · The Toolbox. A list of the police surveillance tools at the disposal of the city of New Orleans. Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, 2021. One of the biggest hurdles to surveillance oversight is simply accounting for all the tools at the city's disposal. New Orleans’ surveillance apparatus is made up ...
Neighborhoods Watched
WEBOct 21, 2021 · The city only directly owns 555 cameras, which are plotted on the map below. The other 420 live video feeds come through a program called Safecam Platinum, which allows private residents and businesses to hook up their cameras to the city system. This is a map of 48 participating Safecam Platinum businesses.
NOLA Public Schools issues warning to Bricolage Academy over …
WEBOct 19, 2021 · Bricolage Academy on Esplanade Avenue in New Orleans. (Marta Jewson/The Lens) The NOLA Public Schools district last week issued a warning letter to Bricolage Academy over the school’s special education services, demanding that Bricolage personnel complete a review of all school special education files and warning that failure to comply could ...
Neighborhoods Watched: Safety - The Lens
WEBOctober 21, 2021. Clint Carter was suffering from diabetic nerve pain and waiting for a ride to the hospital when he was arrested in June 2018, he told The Lens later that year during a phone call from the Avoyelles Correctional Center in Cottonport, about three hours northwest of New Orleans. Standing with a few friends in Central City, he ...
Louisiana policy intended to reform solitary confinement still …
WEBDec 15, 2021 · Though his time at David Wade lasted far longer than his disciplinary sentence, the fact that Parker was even given a specific sentence in the first place is the result of a new “disciplinary sanctions matrix” meant to provide a transparent rubric for punishment throughout the Louisiana prison system.
Cantrell wins second term as mayor - The Lens
WEBNov 13, 2021 · X. Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaking at a March 15, 2020 press conference regarding the coronavirus crisis. (Michael Isaac Stein/The Lens) New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was elected to serve a second term on Saturday, defeating 13 challengers to avoid a runoff next month. The outcome is no …
NOLA Public Schools centralized admissions process - The Lens
WEBOct 29, 2021 · NOLA Public Schools’ centralized school enrollment lottery, until recently called OneApp, is scheduled to launch on Monday and for the first time it will include three of the city’s most highly regarded schools.
Class-action lawsuit over conditions and mental health care at …
WEBJan 6, 2022 · A class-action lawsuit filed nearly four years ago by people in custody at David Wade Correctional Center — a state prison in Claiborne Parish — over allegedly inadequate mental health care and improper use of solitary confinement is finally set to go to trial next week.