Southern Poverty Law Center sues Jefferson Parish sheriff’s office for public records regarding officer brutality

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NEW ORLEANS -- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has filed suit against the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s office (JPSO) and will be asking a judge to compel Sheriff Joseph Lopinto to respond to a public records request the...

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Southern Poverty Law Center sues Jefferson Parish sheriff’s office for public records regarding officer brutality

Demanding Accountability: SPLC sues La. sheriff’s office for public records regarding officer brutality

Freedom Denied: Mother whose childhood was stolen by abuse raises her children from prison after 20 years without parole

Freedom Denied: Minor parole violations keep Alabama man tangled in state’s prison system

Fight to Vote: Florida’s poll tax keeps mother from voting for a better future

Mass Parole Denials Amid Pandemic: Despite a dozen deaths, Ala. fails to release older, at-risk people from prison

Fight to Vote: COVID-19 threatens activist’s opportunity to vote

Alabama parole board returns from hiatus to deny parole in a vast majority of May cases

How being a passenger almost put a man behind bars for life in Alabama

Alabama prisons hold more than 1,100 older people at greater COVID-19 risk

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