In 2023, news reports exposed a years-long pattern of torture, extreme violence, and other abusive practices by deputies in the Sheriff’s Office to coerce confessions and manufacture evidence for...
Updated: January 22, 2026
Calvin Duncan is a Black exoneree, law school graduate, advocate, and current Clerk-Elect for the Criminal Court in New Orleans Parish. He is being targeted by high-level Louisiana officials for his...
Updated: May 15, 2026
Sabrina Carmona Sanchez filed a habeas petition on February 2, 2026 challenging her unlawful detention in immigration custody at Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Mississippi — a privately...
Updated: June 2, 2026
On April 16, 2026, the New Orleans City Council voted to approve a controversial law enforcement program known as the “Drone as First Responder” program. The program would launch drones equipped with...
Updated: June 22, 2026
In March 2025, federal and state officials announced a massive incentive package for a planned industrial park on the west bank of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The plan would spell the end of the...
Updated: July 2, 2026
On October 14, 2025, two Trinidadian men, Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41, were killed by a missile strike launched by the United States government. Mr. Joseph and Mr. Samaroo had been fishing...
Updated: July 8, 2026
Amanda Wallace is the founder of Operation Stop CPS (OSCPS) , a North Carolina-based grassroots campaign that builds people power to abolish the family policing (“child welfare”) system and end the...
Updated: August 13, 2026
In March 2025, federal and state officials announced a massive incentive package for Hyundai Steel to locate in a planned industrial park on the west bank of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The plan...
Updated: August 24, 2026
A.F.*, a man from Afghanistan who has been detained for over one year and eight months, is challenging his unlawful detention in immigration custody at Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez,...
Updated: August 28, 2026
On March 19, 2026, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) filed a complaint on behalf of seven plaintiffs representing a class of Yemeni...
Updated: September 15, 2026
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