Teens at the Acadiana Center for Youth at St. Martinville were held in solitary confinement around the clock, shackled with leg irons and deprived of an education. “This is child abuse,” one expert said. BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL, The Marshall Project; Erin Einhorn, NBC...
Reducing incarceration is one of the few public policy initiatives where Louisiana’s Republicans and Democrats agree, and have worked in concert for a decade now. Louisiana often leads the nation in incarceration, slipping occasionally to second place. But we...
Life sentences in Louisiana used to come with the opportunity of early release for good behavior. When the rules changed, these people were left behind in Angola and forgotten for decades. By Jessica Schulberg 12/30/2021 05:45am EST | Updated December 30, 2021 Leroy...
