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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."
13 Σεπ 2018 · After Hurricane Katrina, many inmates at OPP in New Orleans reported being stuck in cells flooded with chest-high water, and being left without food or water for days at a time while correctional...
NEW ORLEANS - Citing violations of basic civil rights after Katrina hit the unevacuated and ultimately flooded Orleans Parish Prison (OPP), the ACLU of Louisiana will file a federal lawsuit today on behalf of OPP inmate Ronnie L. Morgan, Jr. Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman failed to ensure the safety and proper care of inmates in his ...
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.
22 Σεπ 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.
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.
11 Αυγ 2006 · A report released Thursday describes Orleans Parish prisoners trapped in flooded cells, deprived of food and water for days, and calls the scene at the jail “some of the worst horrors of...
