A school suspension can appear to be a short-term disciplinary decision: a student leaves campus, spends several days at home, and eventually returns to class.…
When a person is arrested, the first court appearance can shape everything that follows. A judge may decide whether the person remains in jail, returns home…
Homelessness in East Baton Rouge is often discussed as a housing and public health issue, yet local enforcement can turn the conditions of poverty into…
Jail crowding is shaped long before a person reaches a cell. Arrest decisions, charging practices, bond amounts, court delays, probation rules, and access to…
When a loved one is incarcerated, a phone call can be the only reliable connection between the person inside and the family outside. Parents use calls to…
Pre-trial detention data is more than a record of who is held in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and for how long. It is a window into how poverty, race,…
An arrest can create financial consequences long before a case is resolved. A person may face bail, booking-related charges, attorney expenses, transportation…
A jail booking rarely ends when a person is processed, searched, photographed, and assigned a cell. For people arrested in East Baton Rouge Parish, the…
A death in parish custody is never just a line in a report. It represents a person whose family has lost someone, a facility’s duty of care, and a public…
Release after years inside is a major transition for the person coming home and for everyone waiting for them. Families may feel joy, relief, uncertainty, and…