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Orleans Parish Prison is the city jail for New Orleans, Louisiana. First opened in 1837, it is operated by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office . Most of the prisoners—1,300 of the 1,500 or so as of June 2016—are awaiting trial.
The jail is located at 531 South Broad Street; it is operated by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office. The City of New Orleans pays the Orleans Parish Sheriff per-prisoner and per-day to house inmates. As of May 2013, Orleans Parish Prison was ranked as one of the worst prisons in the country according to Mother Jones magazine.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by parish. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [ 2 ] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [ 3 ]
For years, detainees say, harassment has been rampant at the jail in Orleans Parish, which has struggled since 2012 to comply with a consent decree by the Justice Department to monitor poor ...
A Louisiana man walked free after spending nearly three decades behind bars for a rape the victim herself has long insisted he did not commit, authorities said.
Population given for the City of New Orleans, not for Orleans Parish, before New Orleans absorbed suburbs and rural areas of Orleans Parish in 1874, since which time the city and parish have been coterminous. Population for Orleans Parish was 41,351 in 1820; 49,826 in 1830; 102,193 in 1840; 119,460 in 1850; 174,491 in 1860; and 191,418 in 1870.
Location of Orleans Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, which is consolidated with the city of New Orleans.
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