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| Federal prisoners pulled out of Orleans Parish Prison |
| By nola.com - Laura Maggi |
| Published: 03/27/2012 |
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The U.S. Marshals Service removed all of the agency's federal inmates from Orleans Parish Prison on Friday because of unacceptable conditions there, a spokeswoman said Monday. At the time, 20 inmates locked up on federal charges were being held at the jail, according to Lynzey Donahue of the Marshals' public affairs office in Washington, D.C. "We made the decision when we became aware of problems related to the conditions of confinement for state inmates, who are housed separately from federal inmates," Donahue said in an email. Donahue referred to the removal of the inmates as temporary. In recent years, the Marshals Service has dramatically reduced its reliance on the New Orleans jail. Donahue said the agency had previously held about 150 inmates at the jail, but cut back because of "administrative problems." In September 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights division issued a blistering report calling conditions at the jail unconstitutional. The report said violence within the various jail facilities was commonplace, and it criticized the mental-health treatment provided to inmates. In particular, the report found the jail's suicide-prevention procedures were inadequate. Read More. |
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