FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM IN LOUISIANA
Louisiana is one of the worst states in the country in regards to civil asset forfeiture. While some states require…
TRAGEDY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN STATE CARE: IT’S NOT JUST DCFS
Louisiana is one of the worst states in the country in regards to civil asset forfeiture. While some states require…
JUSTICE SYSTEM RE-ENTRY REFORMS: LET’S FOCUS ON OUTCOMES
Louisiana is one of the worst states in the country in regards to civil asset forfeiture. While some states require…
PROPER POLICE FUNDING IS NEEDED TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME
Louisiana is one of the worst states in the country in regards to civil asset forfeiture. While some states require…
Groups Take Steps to Tackle Rising Crime
Louisiana is one of the worst states in the country in regards to civil asset forfeiture. While some states require…
LOUISIANANS DESERVE A FAIR CHANCE AT AN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE
Louisiana is one of the worst states in the country in regards to civil asset forfeiture. While some states require…
Louisiana Driver’s License Suspensions Hurt The Poor Without Improving Safety
Louisiana is one of the worst states in the country in regards to civil asset forfeiture. While some states require…
An Opportunity Roadmap: A Smarter Criminal Justice System
Louisiana is one of the worst states in the country in regards to civil asset forfeiture. While some states require…
Civil Asset Forfeiture Hurts Innocent Louisianans
Louisiana is one of the worst states in the country in regards to civil asset forfeiture. While some states require…
Civil Asset Forfeiture in Louisiana
by Raheem Williams Louisiana’s civil asset forfeiture laws enable the state and local municipalities to seize and take title to personal…
Smart on Crime Calls for More Oversight
Today, the Smart on Crime Louisiana Steering Committee called on Governor John Bel Edwards and the Justice Reinvestment Initiative Oversight Council to deliver their duties to the legislature and to Louisiana taxpayers….
What’s Going on With Louisiana's Justice Reinvestment Initiative Funds?
by Raheem Williams In 2017, Louisiana implemented a historic set of criminal justice reforms to reign in the state’s inefficient public…
Fines and Fees: The New Debtors Prison
by Raheem Williams Louisiana has long been ranked as one of the poorest states in the country. Unfortunately, there seem to…