Abandoned and abused: Prisoners in the wake of Hurricane Katrina: National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union

Race and Class

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-92

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Author keywords

Criminal justice system; Human rights abuses; New Orleans; Prison industrial complex; Racial justice

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EID: 34250360309     PISSN: 03063968     EISSN: 17413125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306396807080069     Document Type: Review

References (45)

1. Peter Whoriskey, 'In New Orleans, Justice on Trial', Washington Post (15 April 2006).
2. 'Allegations of neglect at jail arc "Fiction", sheriff says', St Petersburg Times (6 October 2005).
3. Richard Webster, 'Jail talcs: Sheriff Gusman, prisoners differ on storm evacuation success', New Orleans City Business (20 Febuary 2006), 〈http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=14735〉.
4. United States Department of Justice, 'Prison and jail inmates at midyear 2004', Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin (10 April 2005), 〈http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim04.pdf〉.
5. Barry Gerharz and Seung Hong, 'Down by Law: Orleans Parish Prison before and after Katrina', Dollars & Sense (March/April 2006), 〈http://www. dollarsandsense.org/archives/2006/0306gerharzhong.html〉.
6. Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office, 'Analysis of daily cost per inmate, 2003-2006', attached to letter from Sheriff Marlin N. Gusman to members of the New Orleans City Council, 10 November 2005.
7. Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, Art. 887.
8. Matt Gnaizda, 'Katrina exposes Orleans Parish Prison's flaws', Epoch Times (16 October 2005), 〈http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-10-16/33361. html〉.
9. Whoriskey, 'In New Orleans, Justice on Trial', Epoch Times op. cit.
10. Jeffrey A. Schwartz and David Webb, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the Louisiana Dept. of Public. Safety and Corrections: a chronicle and critical incident review, an NIC technical assistance report (10 May 2006), p. 56.
11. Settlement Agreement, Hamilton v. Mortal, 26 March 2003.
12. Michael Perlstein, 'Hearing set on mothers in jail; ACLU reports shackles in labor', New Orleans Times-Picayune (4 May 1999).
13. Doe v. Foti, No. 93-1227 (E.D. La).
14. Tara Young, 'Murder suspect dies in prison: ruptured ulcer killed man, coroner says', New Orleans Times-Picayune (14 October 2004).
15. US Census Bureau, 'Housing patterns - racial and ethnic residential segregation in the United States: 1980-2000, chapter 5', available at 〈http://www.census.gov/ hhes/www/housing/resseg/ch5.html〉.
16. Transcript of CNN coverage of press conference, 28 August 2005, 〈http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0508/28/bn.04.html〉.
17. Testimonial provided by Vincent Norman, 13 October 2005;
18. interview with Vincent Nelson, 18 April 2006.
19. Testimonial provided by inmate #160, 12 October 2005. In an effort to allow the prisoners' own voices to come through in this report, we chose not to correct grammatical or spelling errors in the letters and testimonials that we received.
20. Testimonial provided by inmate #145, 24 October 2005.
21. Testimonial provided by inmate #167, 13 October 2005.
22. Interview with CN, 12 May 2006;
23. interview with TD, 17 March 2006.
24. Testimonial provided by inmate #205, 23 October 2005.
25. Testimonial provided by inmate #78, 17 October 2005.
26. Testimonial provided by inmate #77, 12 October 2005.
27. Testimonial provided by inmate #121, 15 October 2005.
28. Interview with Renard Reed, 20 and 22 June 2006.
29. Webster, 'Jail tales: Sheriff Gusman, prisoners differ on storm evacuation success', Transcript of CNN Coverage of Press Conference op. cit.
30. Rene Lapeyrolerie, 'What really happened at Orleans parish prison in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina', New Orleans Tribune (February/March 2006), p. 24.
31. George J. Tanber, 'Arrested on misdemeanors, left to die in flooded jail, Toledo Blade (23 September 2005).
32. Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, Treated Like Trash: Juvenile detention in New Orleans before, during and after Hurricane Katrina (15 May 2006), 〈http://jjpl.org/PDF/treated_like_trash.pdf〉.
33. Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, Treated Like Trash: Juvenile Detention in New Orleans Before, during and after Hurricane Katrina ibid. 2006 〈http://jjpl.org/PDF/treated_like_trash.pdf〉.
34. Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, Treated Like Trash: Juvenile Detention in New Orleans Before, during and after Hurricane Katrina ibid. 2006 〈http://jjpl.org/PDF/treated_like_trash.pdf〉. ibid.
35. 'Housing juveniles with prisoners is criminal', New Orleans City Business (8 May 2006).
36. Testimonial provided by inmate #112, 16 October 2005.
37. Interviews with Ronnie Lee Morgan, Jr, 15 May 2006 and 5 June 2006;
38. letter from Ronnie Lee Morgan, Jr, 10 November 2005.
39. Testimonial provided by inmate #230, 18 October 2005.
40. Testimonial provided by inmate #121, 15 October 2005.
41. Testimonial provided by inmate #113, 16 October 2005.
42. Interviews with Vincent Norman, 7 July 2006 and 10 July 2006;
43. testimonial provided by Vincent Norman, 13 October 2005.
44. C.J. Schexnayder, 'What price incarceration?', Gambit Weekly (19 November 2002).
45. Keith Woods and Susan Finch, 'Citizens often hire inmates', New Orleans TimesPicayune (25 January 1989).