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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.
NEW ORLEANS — In June, 18-year-old Marvell Smith arrived at the Orleans Justice Center, anxious and overwhelmed, to await his day in trial in the notorious jail.
Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison; Winn Correctional Center (private) Other Facilities Occupied With DOC Nelson Coleman Correction Center; Plaquemines Parish Detention Center; Former facilities: C. Paul Phelps Correctional Center (Closed 2012) [2] Forcht-Wade Correctional Center (closed July 2012) [3]
Before 1835, state inmates were held in a jail in New Orleans. The first Louisiana State Penitentiary, located at the intersection of 6th and Laurel streets in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was modeled on a prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut. It was built to house 100 convicts in cells of 6 ft × 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft (1.8 m × 1.1 m). [11]
Louisiana state Rep. Laurie Schlegel, R-Metairie, pictured here on the House floor on April 13, 2023, has sponsored House Bill 7 that would double prison sentences for carjacking crimes.
The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash in 2016 received a 25-year prison sentence Thursday in a New Orleans courtroom. It was the second ...
The 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans, immigrants in New Orleans, by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at trial. It was the largest single mass lynching in American history.
Nagin, 67, recently filed a court motion in New Orleans, noting that his federal prison time and supervision were officially over on March 15. Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who was convicted ...