There are 51 ICE detainees housed in Angola with plans to hold more than 400. ACLU Louisiana legal director Nora Ahmed says immigration detention is a civil process to ensure court appearances, not punishment for criminal behavior…
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ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan says detainees will have access to a legal library and spaces to meet with their attorneys and she adds, the facility meets the organization’s standards.
The mother of the Bryan Vasquez, the 12-year-old non-verbal special needs boy found dead in a lagoon last month was arrested yesterday. Bryan had been missing for 2 weeks. The coroner reported cause of death as drowning and blunt force trauma from an alligator attack. Hilda Vasquez faces negligent homicide and second-degree cruelty to juveniles charges. NOPD officials report finding a pattern of negligence and abuse by Hilda Vasquez. They say Hilda Vasquez cause multiple serious injuries to Bryan when he was only three months old.
Governor Landry is a little lighter in the wallet this morning. Andrew Greenstein explains why.
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September is Suicide Prevention Month, and today on 9/8, the Louisiana Department of Health with other organizations are hosting 988 Day. Sherrard (SHARE-id) Crespo with VIA LINK, one of the participating organizations, says the event will be in the Formal Gardens at the Capitol this morning.