Reducing Crime, Taxpayer Costs, and Overdose Deaths: New, Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Legislation Announced
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Legislation will quickly identify individuals with substance use disorders who become involved in the criminal justice system and hopefully provide early intervention and treatment
Posted: Mar 16, 2021 4:18 PM
Posted By: Akemi Briggs
BATON ROUGE, LA – New legislation is being introduced in the Louisiana Legislature to expand and improve drug and specialty courts across the State.
Flanked by fellow members of the Drug and Specialty Court Commission – Attorney General Jeff Landry, Senator Rick Ward, and Representative Denise Marcelle announced this bipartisan criminal justice reform effort that would invest settlements, judgments, and penalties recovered by our State as a result of the opioid crisis into saving resources, lives, and families across Louisiana.
What do you think homelessness looks like? You d be surprised
Do you think you know what homelessness looks like? If your child says their best friend at school sleeps in their car, do you know what getting help looks like for that family?
Across northeastern Louisiana hundreds of students each year come to school and don t have access to permanent housing.
That can range from living in hotels, motels and cars to staying with relatives temporarily or living in homes without adequate protection from the elements, heat or running water.
Here s how the two largest local school districts in the 12-parish region work to identify those children and help their families get the assistance they need to provide a stable environment.
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Senators question DHS and ICE on abuse allegations against migrants The allegations of violence and brutality against vulnerable refugees seeking safety here in the United States are unlawful and disturbing.”
Image Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Associated Press
In response to recent allegations
accusing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and specifically Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of physically abusing migrants and asylum-seekers
in order to coerce them to submit to their own deportation, Sen. Bernie Sanders
and several Democratic Senators sent a letter demanding answers from the heads
of these agencies.
On February 25, Sens. Elizabeth
Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Richard
Feb. 21: DOTD lifting northeast Louisiana road closures
The News-Star (Monroe) 2/22/2021 Bonnie Bolden, Monroe News-Star
Last updated at 1:20 p.m. Monday.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation issued closings for bridges, overpasses and interstate ramps in northeastern Louisiana starting Feb. 11.
Those closings were rescinded as temperatures warmed and roads and bridges cleared of ice and snow over the weekend.
Louisiana DOTD has crews monitoring roads and bridges when it s safe to perform emergency operations. Maintenance and openings will be prioritized by traffic volume.
Some roads and bridges may become unsafe before a closure notice is issued. Motorists are urged to use caution and not drive when conditions are hazardous.