Detention of Alleged Probation and Parole Violators in Orleans Parish Prison

Close to one in five people detained in the New Orleans jail are waiting for a court date to sort out alleged violations of their probation or parole.  Such detention affects more than 2,000 people a year and costs millions of dollars to taxpayers. Vera’s New Orleans office analyzed one year of data from the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections to scrutinize the appropriateness of detention in these cases.