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| State Inmates Overflowing Parish Jail |
| By nola.com |
| Published: 12/20/2010 |
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In the mid-1970s, when singer Johnny Cash pleaded with Orleans Parish Prison in song to release his green-eyed son, the jailhouse held about 800 prisoners. In February 2009, Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff Marlin Gusman shows off the holding cells during a tour of the newly reopened Orleans Parish Prison, the jail building located directly behind the courthouse. Three decades later, the prison, known to locals as OPP, consistently ranked as one of the 10 biggest jails in the country, far out of proportion to the city's size. What made it possible for OPP to balloon to more than 7,500 inmates? Read More. |
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