US EditionHurricane Katrina Was a Catalyst for Change in New Orleans' Public Defender Office
ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA, AUG 5 – Hurricane Katrina flooded courthouses and prisons, exposing systemic flaws and prompting reforms that reduced New Orleans' jail population from 7,000 to about 1,400, officials said.
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New Orleans' court system collapsed under Katrina, but some saw hope for change
With New Orleans under water, people incarcerated there were bused out to detention facilities across the South. Their records didn't go with them, massively complicating their legal cases.
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Hurricane Katrina was a catalyst for change in New Orleans' public defender office - TPR: The Public's Radio
Hurricane Katrina exposed longstanding flaws in the New Orleans criminal justice system. In the 20 years since, there has been dramatic change in the public defender office. The post Hurricane Katrina was a catalyst for change in New Orleans’ public defender office appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.
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