The US Department of Justice is investigating the Louisiana Department of Corrections over allegations the state is keeping prisoners incarcerated long past their release date. Attorney William Most says the DOC has known since 2012 that they hold about 2,200 people past their release date every year.
The Louisiana Department of Corrections responded to the investigation saying they “Look forward to fully cooperating with the US Department of Justice.”
The organizer of a swingers convention in New Orleans where 41 of the people who attended ended up positive for COVID-19 days after the event last month is planning another convention in the Big Easy in 2021. But Bob Hannaford told the Jim Engster show that their next convention is scheduled for August
If you’ve exhausted your movie queue already now you can check out productions a little closer to home on the Louisiana Film Channel.
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Polls across the state open at 7 AM tomorrow and will stay open until 8 PM for the December run-off ballot. Voters statewide will be considering Amendment One that would allow people living out of state to sit on college boards. Voters in northeast and central Louisiana along with the northern parts of the Florida Parishes will be voting in the 5th Congressional District runoff to fill the seat left open by retiring Congressman Ralph Abraham.