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13 Σεπ 2018 · Inmates at Orleans Parish Prison reported that they spent several days in flooded cells without food or water while awaiting rescue after Hurricane Katrina.
Officers Deserted a Jail Building, Leaving Inmates Locked in Cells. (New York, September 22, 2005)—As Hurricane Katrina began pounding New Orleans, the sheriff's department abandoned hundreds of inmates imprisoned in the city’s jail, Human Rights Watch said today.
10 Αυγ 2006 · "The prisoners inside the Orleans Parish Prison suffered some of the worst horrors of Hurricane Katrina," said Eric Balaban, a staff attorney for the National Prison Project. "Because society views prisoners as second-class citizens, their stories have largely gone unnoticed and therefore untold."
11 Απρ 2024 · On August 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, the staff of Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office abandoned the jail leaving roughly 650 prisoners in their cells with no access...
Abandoned and Abused: Orleans Parish Prisoners in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina. This report presents a series of accounts from different perspectives of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the prisoners in the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) in New Orleans, LA.
31 Οκτ 2005 · Excerpts of letters written to Human Rights Watch and Corinne Carey regarding accounting first-hand experiences in the Orleans Parish Prison before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina...
15 Απρ 2007 · Beyond the injuries and abuses suffered by prisoners during Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans justice system itself lay in ruins. Of 42 public defenders, 39 were laid off because their funding came from traffic fines -- which were drastically reduced with nearly 80 percent of the city underwater.
