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4 Feb 2011, 12:12 pm by Carl Takei, National Prison Project
The city jail, Orleans Parish Prison (OPP), holds nearly 3,200 prisoners and remains the largest per-capita jail in the nation. [read post]
30 Jul 2013, 10:00 pm by Nietzer
Burton is suing the office claiming she slipped and fell on an uncovered sewer drain located at the Orleans Parish Prison. [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 8:20 am by immigrationprof
Reversing his previous position, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has agreed to a policy that locks immigration enforcement out of New Orleans Parish Prison. [read post]
1 Sep 2006, 3:16 am
[JURIST] New Orleans Parish criminal court [official website] Judge Arthur Hunter Thursday deferred a threatened [JURIST report] review of prisoner records in anticipation of release which he earlier said he would begin [JURIST report] on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] Tuesday. [read post]
29 Jul 2006, 1:30 pm
[JURIST] A frustrated New Orleans Parish criminal court [official website] judge said Friday in an emergency order that he will start releasing prisoners on August 29 if their cases do not go to trial by then. [read post]
14 Sep 2008, 5:28 pm
Spring 2006 When Hurricane Katrina hit, there was no evacuation plan for the 7,000 prisoners in Orleans Parish Prison, the New Orleans city jail, generally known as OPP, or the approximate 1,500 prisoners in nearby jails. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 4:00 am by Maggie Calmes
Panelists were queried by the moderator on issues surrounding the new French Quarter youth curfew, LGBTQ youth issues in juvenile facilities, the rebuilding of the Youth Studies Center, the school to prison pipeline, and the new Orleans Parish Prison. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 7:05 pm by ebcarpenter
And even though in New Orleans our sheriff houses a good number of state inmates himself, he doesn’t have room for everyone who’s getting sentenced in New Orleans Parish. [read post]
5 Aug 2012, 7:47 pm by ebcarpenter
— New Orleans Premiere Criminal Defense Attorney   Battery Attorney New Orleans Serving Clients in Orleans Parish, St. [read post]
21 May 2012, 4:36 pm by ebcarpenter
Since Hurricane Katrina, Orleans Parish Prison has not had room for all the low-level convicts sentenced at Tulane and Broad. [read post]
8 May 2007, 5:12 am
[JURIST] A New Orleans court suspended the criminal trials of 98 indigent defendants Monday, 20 of whom were released from prison. [read post]
3 Dec 2008, 5:11 am
Often overlooked among Katrina's victims are the 8,000 inmates who were incarcerated at Orleans Parish Prison (OPP)... [read post]
21 May 2012, 5:51 pm by ebcarpenter
Criminal Defense Attorney New Orleans   Elizabeth B Carpenter Law — Attorney New Orleans   Serving Clients in Orleans Parish, St. [read post]
21 May 2012, 7:53 am by ebcarpenter
Urban areas such as New Orleans and Baton Rouge have an excess of sentenced criminals, while prisons in remote parishes must import inmates to survive. [read post]
14 Mar 2016, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
” A mob some 20,000 people formed in front of Orleans Parish Prison on this day in history. [read post]
20 Jan 2023, 11:28 am by jlucivero
He was held pre-trial in the Orleans Parish Jail until 2011 when he was tried for capital murder, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 4:49 am by SHG
  From the New York Times: Justice Kagan said she could not understand why the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office persisted in defending its conduct. [read post]
7 Dec 2005, 8:14 am
[JURIST] Orleans Parish Criminal District Court [official website] Judge Calvin Johnson has ordered the release without bail of as many as 100 prisoners who were arrested before Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] ravaged the area, but were never charged. [read post]