News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/9/20 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/9/20 Help us bring our incarcerated friends and family home for the holidays Read More Jim Crow Juries, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/24/20 Jim Crow Juries, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/24/20 Three Candidates Vying For Orleans District Attorney Vow to Review Jim Crow Jury Convictions Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/14/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 9/14/20 COVID Cases in Louisiana State Prisons Surpass 2,000; Double in Less than One Month Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/17/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/17/20 Louisiana DOC Reaches Grim COVID Milestone with Cases Still Climbing Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 Governor’s Task Force Report Offers Clear Recommendations to Address Spread of COVID-19 in Detention Facilities: “There is no public safety without public health.” Read More Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/8/20 Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/8/20 The Promise of Justice Initiative Demands Launch of Federal Investigation into Violent, Corrupt Jefferson Davis Parish Law Enforcement Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Community Building Guest User 6/4/20 Organizing and Advocacy, Community Building Guest User 6/4/20 PJI Statement on Acts of Police Violence Against New Orleans Protesters Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/22/20 Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/22/20 PJI on the Mississippi Department of Corrections Hiring of Burl Cain Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 5/8/20 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 5/8/20 Governor Edwards Urged to Sign Commutations and Save Lives Waiting on His Signature Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 PJI Joins Civil Rights Organizations to Demand Southern Officials Protect the Health and Safety of Incarcerated People from COVID-19 Pandemic Read More COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 Faith Leaders Across Louisiana Urge Governor to Use Emergency Powers for Release of Detainees Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/19/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/19/20 PJI Joins the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition Letter Urging Better Standards of Care and Release Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 PJI Joins OPPRC letter asking for Immediate Release of Orleans Parish Prison’s High Risk Inmates Read More COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 Outbreak of Covid-19 in Prisons and Jails Read More Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy, Community Building Guest User 1/21/20 Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy, Community Building Guest User 1/21/20 Consulate General of France and Sister Helen Prejean Join PJI in the Human Rights Effort to End the Death Penalty in Louisiana Read More Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/15/20 Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/15/20 Statewide Vigil Recognizing 10 Years Without Executions in Louisiana Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/6/19 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/6/19 LACDL – PJI Attorney, G. Ben Cohen, Awarded the Justice Albert Tate, Jr. Award Read More Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 11/26/19 Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 11/26/19 Amicus Brief with The Cato Institute & The MacArthur Justice Center Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Community Building Guest User 11/26/19 Organizing and Advocacy, Community Building Guest User 11/26/19 PJI at the French Consulate “2406 Prytania Dialogue Series” Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/22/19 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/22/19 Louisiana Pardon Board Recommends Gloria Williams for Parole Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/9/20 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/9/20 Help us bring our incarcerated friends and family home for the holidays Read More
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COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/20 Governor’s Task Force Report Offers Clear Recommendations to Address Spread of COVID-19 in Detention Facilities: “There is no public safety without public health.” Read More
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Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 5/8/20 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 5/8/20 Governor Edwards Urged to Sign Commutations and Save Lives Waiting on His Signature Read More
COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/10/20 PJI Joins Civil Rights Organizations to Demand Southern Officials Protect the Health and Safety of Incarcerated People from COVID-19 Pandemic Read More
COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 COVID-19 Response, Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions Guest User 4/9/20 Faith Leaders Across Louisiana Urge Governor to Use Emergency Powers for Release of Detainees Read More
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COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/18/20 PJI Joins OPPRC letter asking for Immediate Release of Orleans Parish Prison’s High Risk Inmates Read More
COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 COVID-19 Response, Prison Conditions, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 3/16/20 Outbreak of Covid-19 in Prisons and Jails Read More
Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy, Community Building Guest User 1/21/20 Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy, Community Building Guest User 1/21/20 Consulate General of France and Sister Helen Prejean Join PJI in the Human Rights Effort to End the Death Penalty in Louisiana Read More
Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/15/20 Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 1/15/20 Statewide Vigil Recognizing 10 Years Without Executions in Louisiana Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/6/19 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 12/6/19 LACDL – PJI Attorney, G. Ben Cohen, Awarded the Justice Albert Tate, Jr. Award Read More
Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 11/26/19 Death Penalty, Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 11/26/19 Amicus Brief with The Cato Institute & The MacArthur Justice Center Read More
Organizing and Advocacy, Community Building Guest User 11/26/19 Organizing and Advocacy, Community Building Guest User 11/26/19 PJI at the French Consulate “2406 Prytania Dialogue Series” Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/22/19 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 7/22/19 Louisiana Pardon Board Recommends Gloria Williams for Parole Read More
