Two Decades After Katrina When Hurricane Katrina struck and the levee failures followed, it triggered a massive, necessary reckoning in New Orleans—not only with flood risk but with a deeply flawed system of criminal justice, incarceration practices, and community safety. A recent analysis shows that in the years since the storm, the city has achieved […]
Tech in Court: What It Means for Defendants and Attorneys The Orleans Parish Criminal Court has officially entered the 21st century. After years of relying on an archaic, late-1980s Case Management System (CMS) and paper records, the court is rolling out a massive, $30 million Justice Technology Modernization Project (JTMP). This overhaul—including new electronic filing […]



