It helps you to be conscious when the security (the free man) is talking to you crazy, You want to pop him upside his head.

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Last month, I woke up to the news spreading like wildfire: Ten young men had escaped from the Orleans Justice Center. The media painted them as monsters. Officials called them criminals. Politicians ...

This week on Behind The Lens, Louisiana reclassifies natural gas as “green energy” under a controversial new law signed by Gov. Jeff Landry. We also examine a major expansion of ammonia plants in ...

Many Holy Cross residents remain adamantly opposed to the “revitalization” of the Alabo Street Wharf, a warehouse along the Mississippi River owned by the Port of New Orleans. Sunrise Foods ...

The evidence is undeniable. Project NOLA is using banned Chinese facial-recognition software to spy on New Orleans. There are more than 5,000 cameras throughout the city. Project NOLA is sharing their ...

Money-making safety program School-zone cameras make up a portion of the city’s traffic-camera system, which started in 2008. Nearly every year since then, more cameras have been added across the city ...

Bills similar to Louisiana’s have passed in Ohio, Tennessee and Indiana. Many of them echo a model bill finalized in September by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)—a Koch-funded ...

The air in Ascension Parish is already saturated with the pungent odor of ammonia, a scent reminiscent of strong cleaning products or even cat urine. The odor emanates from the world’s largest ammonia ...

This week on Behind The Lens, the number of Louisiana kindergarteners reading at or above grade level doubled during the 2024-25 school year, state officials reported earlier this month. That data ...

This week on Behind The Lens, a brazen escape from the Orleans Parish jail in New Orleans took place last month. With increased attention on conditions in the jail, we take a look at a new program ...

Holding cell, House of Detention. (Image by Andrea Armstrong) The 10-story building includes a narrow rectangular tower rising above a broader, two-story concrete base. Offices, intake, visiting, and ...