Louisiana

New Orleans DA Jason Williams is making changes to remedy excessive sentencing, obstacles to parole, and convictions made by nonunanimous juries.

In the nation’s incarceration capital, activists push for a prosecutor who will make sweeping reforms.

The retirement of a notoriously harsh DA has opened the door for criminal justice reform in New Orleans.

In states that restored people’s voting rights, many public agencies aren’t doing enough to assist, and the pandemic slowed grassroots plans to pick up the slack.

ICE cooperation and detention conditions were on the line, but sheriff races struggled for salience and drew bipartisan consensus.

“They’re trying to send Hispanics to Mexico or Honduras and put Black men in jail,” said one candidate regarding prevailing practices. “The United States is made for everybody.”

Louisiana shed its status as the top incarcerator in the county last year, but the trend is fragile.

Colorado requires free menstrual hygiene products in jails and restricts pretrial detention, Louisiana takes a step against incarcerating witness, and more

Louisiana phases out nonunanimous juries, Floridians regains the right to vote, Houston moves toward changing its bail system, and more.

Amendment 2 would require unanimous jury verdicts, as in 48 other states