Guy Frank, 67, became a free man on April 8, after serving 21 years of a 23-year sentence. The Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) worked to get Frank out of prison two years early.
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Citing $1 million a day of wasted federal dollars, the American Civil Liberties Union called on President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday to close 39 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities across the U.S., including the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral.
The federal government has been paying for the empty bed spaces at these facilities, almost all run by privately-owned companies, which the ACLU called “wasting” taxpayer money.
The ACLU established a criteria for the 39 facilities it is calling on the federal government to close. In its statement, issued Wednesday, the ACLU said that Otero County Processing Center (OCPC) was included because of its “extensive record of civil rights violations and inhumane treatment.”
The ACLU says there have been documented patterns of abuse, mistreatment and misconduct at the Otay Mesa Detention Center.
In a report the ACLU released earlier this month, the organization alleges failures at the facility to properly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic led to an outbreak that included the first death of a person in ICE custody to the virus. The report also alleges persistently inadequate medical care for detainees, dangerous building conditions, and abuse and retaliation against detainees and employees. Time and time again, the immigration detention facilities in San Diego and Imperial counties have proven to be unsafe, abusive and unable to uphold the due process rights of the people trapped inside, said Monika Langarica, immigrants rights staff attorney for the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties. It is past time to bring an end to the shameful practice of detaining immigrants in our region and across the country and embrace a policy of humane
Accused murderer qualifies for Louisiana congressional race from jail
Monroe News-Star
A Louisiana minister charged with the murder of his 8-year-old stepson in 2008 is running for Congress from his jail cell in Catahoula Parish while he awaits a new trial as first reported by WWL-TV.
Errol Victor Sr. qualified to run in the March 20 special election to fill the state s 5th Congressional District seat left vacant after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died from COVID-19 complications last month before he could be seated.
Tyler Brey, a spokesman for Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, told USA Today Network that Victor qualified by proxy.
Victor was charged with murder in 2008 following the death of his 8-year-old stepson, M.L. Lloyd III. Author: By David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 8:58 PM CST January 21, 2021 Updated: 10:12 PM CST January 29, 2021
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. A St. John the Baptist pastor whose 2014 murder conviction was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court last year is now running for Congress from his jail cell in central Louisiana while he waits for a new trial.
Errol Victor Sr., 54, qualified Thursday to run as a Republican in the 5th Congressional District for the seat left vacant when Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died of complications from COVID-19 before he could take office.