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We answer some frequently asked questions about the controversial proposal to build a mental health wing at the Orleans Parish jail.
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We answer some frequently asked questions about the controversial proposal to build a mental health wing at the Orleans Parish jail.
Jail experts say the panopticon robs inmates of dignity and increases anxiety by putting their distress on display for everyone else to see.
A federal judge in New Orleans indicated Thursday he will move quickly to resolve the legal battle between LCMC Health and the Federal Trade Commission over LCMC’s January purchase of
Panopticon prisons date back to the 1780s. The idea is for inmates to be kept in cells configured in a large circle with a command center in the middle.
Attorneys for LCMC Health and the Federal Trade Commission head to federal court in New Orleans Thursday to iron out key issues that will determine how the legal battle over