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…