News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe Isabel Naquin 6/26/23 Isabel Naquin 6/26/23 Times Picayune Special Report on the Death Penalty Read More Isabel Naquin 5/11/23 Isabel Naquin 5/11/23 House Committee Advances Insufficient Remedy for Unconstitutional Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Read More Isabel Naquin 3/30/23 Isabel Naquin 3/30/23 Fond Farewell Read More Isabel Naquin 2/24/23 Isabel Naquin 2/24/23 PJI Holds Initial Screenings for End Plantation Prisons series Read More Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 PJI Announces Appointment of Next Executive Director Read More Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 PJI’s Efforts on Overdetention Lead to Major DOJ Findings Read More Matt Bailey 1/5/23 Matt Bailey 1/5/23 PJI Releases End Plantation Prison Resource With Partners Read More News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 PJI Overdetention Litigation Featured in New York Times Read More Matt Bailey 11/18/22 Matt Bailey 11/18/22 PJI Celebrates Its Founding with Anniversary Event, Video, and Art Installation Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 The Promise of Justice Initiative’s Statement on Louisiana Supreme Court Denying Remedy to Those Convicted by Jim Crow Jury Verdicts Read More Guest User 9/28/22 Guest User 9/28/22 PJI Executive Director, Mercedes Montagnes, receives prestigious Harvard Law School Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowship Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 PJI Launches Walker – Thompson Fellowship in honor of criminal justice reform advocates John Thompson and Neal Walker Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 John Thompson Legacy Center opens on 9/6 in the former Resurrection After Exoneration space Read More Guest User 8/25/22 Guest User 8/25/22 PJI Releases Annual Report as it Enters its 10th Year of Impact Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation Matt Bailey 7/20/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Matt Bailey 7/20/22 New Report: Human Rights Violations in Prisons Throughout Southern United States Cause Disparate & Lasting Harm in Black Communities Read More Guest User 7/13/22 Guest User 7/13/22 New Beginnings Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 6/17/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 6/17/22 PJI Concludes Lewis v. Cain “Remedy Hearing” Read More Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/10/22 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/10/22 Louisiana survivors of violence champion legislation for increased access in victim reparations Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Press Release Guest User 6/6/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Press Release Guest User 6/6/22 Lewis v. Cain trial remedy phase begins June 6 Read More Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/10/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/10/22 Promise of Justice Initiative argues before Louisiana Supreme Court in Reddick v. Louisiana, a case that will decide the fate of 1,500 people who remain incarcerated as a result of Jim Crow juries Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Isabel Naquin 6/26/23 Isabel Naquin 6/26/23 Times Picayune Special Report on the Death Penalty Read More
Isabel Naquin 5/11/23 Isabel Naquin 5/11/23 House Committee Advances Insufficient Remedy for Unconstitutional Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Read More
Isabel Naquin 2/24/23 Isabel Naquin 2/24/23 PJI Holds Initial Screenings for End Plantation Prisons series Read More
Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/27/23 PJI Announces Appointment of Next Executive Director Read More
Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 Press Release Matt Bailey 1/25/23 PJI’s Efforts on Overdetention Lead to Major DOJ Findings Read More
Matt Bailey 1/5/23 Matt Bailey 1/5/23 PJI Releases End Plantation Prison Resource With Partners Read More
News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 News, Press Release Matt Bailey 12/12/22 PJI Overdetention Litigation Featured in New York Times Read More
Matt Bailey 11/18/22 Matt Bailey 11/18/22 PJI Celebrates Its Founding with Anniversary Event, Video, and Art Installation Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 10/21/22 The Promise of Justice Initiative’s Statement on Louisiana Supreme Court Denying Remedy to Those Convicted by Jim Crow Jury Verdicts Read More
Guest User 9/28/22 Guest User 9/28/22 PJI Executive Director, Mercedes Montagnes, receives prestigious Harvard Law School Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowship Read More
Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Strategic Defense Litigation Guest User 9/23/22 PJI Launches Walker – Thompson Fellowship in honor of criminal justice reform advocates John Thompson and Neal Walker Read More
Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 Organizing and Advocacy, Client and Family Assistance Guest User 9/6/22 John Thompson Legacy Center opens on 9/6 in the former Resurrection After Exoneration space Read More
Guest User 8/25/22 Guest User 8/25/22 PJI Releases Annual Report as it Enters its 10th Year of Impact Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation Matt Bailey 7/20/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Matt Bailey 7/20/22 New Report: Human Rights Violations in Prisons Throughout Southern United States Cause Disparate & Lasting Harm in Black Communities Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 6/17/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 6/17/22 PJI Concludes Lewis v. Cain “Remedy Hearing” Read More
Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/10/22 Organizing and Advocacy Guest User 6/10/22 Louisiana survivors of violence champion legislation for increased access in victim reparations Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Press Release Guest User 6/6/22 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Press Release Guest User 6/6/22 Lewis v. Cain trial remedy phase begins June 6 Read More
Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/10/22 Jim Crow Juries Guest User 5/10/22 Promise of Justice Initiative argues before Louisiana Supreme Court in Reddick v. Louisiana, a case that will decide the fate of 1,500 people who remain incarcerated as a result of Jim Crow juries Read More