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Several national criminal justice advocacy groups have filed a class action lawsuit against judges in the 19th Judicial District Court, alleging their bail practices discriminate against poor people.Â
The lawsuit claims hundreds of people, most of them poor, Black or both, languish in pretrial detention in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for long periods of time simply because they cannot pay the bail that has been set as the condition for their release. This system inflicts devastating harm on people solely because of their poverty and violates the most fundamental of American axioms, the lawsuit says. That all people are equal under the law and are innocent until they are found guilty. Â
Lysha Best, Louisiana State Director for RI, points out highlight of the observation room during a tour after a ribbon cutting ceremony for The Bridge Center for Hope Tuesday December 15, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. The psychiatric stabilization and detox facility was funded through a 1.5-mill property tax voters approved in December 2018.
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Advocacy groups file lawsuit against EBR officials in hopes of defending impoverished Parish Prison detainees
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BATON ROUGE - Three national criminal justice advocacy groups are aiming to protect impoverished individuals who ve been arrested in East Baton Rouge Parish by means of a class action lawsuit that the groups have filed against judges in Louisiana s 19th Judicial District Court.
According to The Advocate, attorneys with the Fair Fight Initiative, MacArthur Justice Center and Advancement Project National Office banned together to file the lawsuit late Monday (Dec. 14).
News that an inmate of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison died last weekend came at a pivotal time for the private company in charge of prisoner medical care, which could lose its contract in the coming months.
City officials announced earlier this year their decision to solicit proposals for a new contract, acknowledging the outsized inmate death rate and other concerns about CorrectHealth, the company now in charge. That request for proposal process is finally about to get started and officials expect to have a new contract in place before summer â either with CorrectHealth or with a different provider.