Civil forfeiture allows law enforcement agencies to seize money, vehicles, homes, and other property that officials believe is connected to criminal activity.…
Local government budgets shape the daily reality of criminal justice. When public dollars flow mainly toward jail beds, policing, and detention infrastructure,…
Leaving jail or prison is often described as a fresh start, but release does not erase the barriers created by incarceration. A person may return to the…
A young person held in a locked facility needs safety, supervision, education, and access to trusted adults. Isolation removes many of those protections at the…
Racial disparities in arrest rates are part of a much longer history of unequal treatment in American law enforcement. In East Baton Rouge Parish, present-day…
An inmate handbook is supposed to make confinement more predictable. It may explain housing rules, disciplinary infractions, commissary procedures, visitation…
Public spending at a parish jail affects safety, medical care, food service, transportation, technology, maintenance, and rehabilitation. Contracts and…
A traffic citation may look like a minor legal matter, but its consequences can reach far beyond the driver named on the ticket. When a missed court date,…
A local jail holds people who have not all been convicted of a crime, people serving short sentences, and residents awaiting transfer or release. Inside the…
People held in a jail do not surrender their right to humane treatment, medical care, protection from violence, or access to a fair complaint process. Abuse…