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| Despite High Numbers, City Cautious Of Bigger Jail |
| By nytimes.com |
| Published: 02/16/2011 |
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NEW ORLEANS — Even in the context of Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate in the United States, which in turn has the highest incarceration rate in the world, the numbers stand out. This city, by any measure, puts a lot of people in jail. Marlin N. Gusman, right, the Orleans Parish sheriff, with James Stark of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2007. So when the sheriff proposed a large new jail complex, it came as no surprise. The surprise was that the city pushed back. It has been said so often as to become hackneyed, but the destruction from Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding has allowed New Orleans to reconsider nearly everything. Not all the proposed changes have been universally welcomed, but by wide agreement, the targets of reform have been ripe. A struggling school system, an ineffective tax assessment structure and a profoundly troubled police force are either undergoing an overhaul or facing one. Read More. |
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