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| Live updates from Orleans Parish Prison consent decree hearing |
| By nola.com- Naomi Martin |
| Published: 07/15/2014 |
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Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Sheriff Marlin Gusman are expected to face off in federal court Monday at a hearing to determine how mentally ill inmates should be housed at Orleans Parish Prison in upcoming months. Lawyers for Landrieu and Gusman have tried to negotiate over the past few months, but failed to reach a compromise as the two remain far apart. Treatment of mentally ill inmates is expensive and requires special accommodations under a federal court order, or consent decree, which took effect last October. Gusman is seeking to have Landrieu testify as to why he has not provided housing for such inmates, but the mayor's lawyers are fighting the request. Read More. |
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