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Their Sentences Are Unconstitutional — But They’re Still In Prison.

Louisiana’s high court considers the fate of more than 1,000 people serving sentences handed down by “Jim Crow juries.”

News • 05.10.2022

“No Light. No Nothing.” Inside Louisiana’s Harshest Juvenile Lockup

Teens at the Acadiana Center for Youth at St. Martinville were held in solitary confinement around the clock, shackled with leg irons and deprived of an education. “This is child abuse,” one expert said.

Feature • 03.10.2022

‘The Only Way We Get Out of There Is in a Pine Box’

Elderly, ailing and expensive, lifetime prisoners cost Louisiana taxpayers millions a year.

Feature • 12.17.2021

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