Court Watch Baton Rouge – East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition

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Promote reform in the East Baton Rouge Parish criminal court system through civic engagement and courtroom observation. Court Watch Baton Rouge was launched in 2019 by the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition as a grassroots volunteer effort to bring greater transparency and efficiency to our criminal courts.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition hosts a monthly volunteer orientation on the 3 rd Thursday of the month from 5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library @ Goodwood in Conference Room B to recruit volunteers in observing and reporting on whether our judges, prosecutors, public defenders, sheriff deputies, police officers, and other criminal justice actors are doing their jobs professionally, transparently, fairly, and economically.

To empower individuals through legal education to demand transparency and accountability of public officials To increase public confidence in the East Baton Rouge Parish criminal courts To increase criminal justice efficiency To examine aggregate trends in the East Baton Rouge Parish criminal courts To act as an objective agent to institute best practices in criminal justice

To empower individuals through legal education to demand transparency and accountability of public officials

To increase public confidence in the East Baton Rouge Parish criminal courts

To increase criminal justice efficiency

To examine aggregate trends in the East Baton Rouge Parish criminal courts

To act as an objective agent to institute best practices in criminal justice

If you would like to volunteer for Court Watch Baton Rouge, please contact us .

T he East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition (EBRPPRC) advances solutions and works collaboratively with criminal justice coalitions to reduce mass incarceration and to uphold the basic human rights of those incarcerated at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and their families through education, advocacy, transparency and accountability. ,

he East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition (EBRPPRC) advances solutions and works collaboratively with criminal justice coalitions to reduce mass incarceration and to uphold the basic human rights of those incarcerated at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and their families through education, advocacy, transparency and accountability.

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