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New Orleans-Sheriff proposed jail with enough cells for 1 in 60 residents of the city

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Monday, June 14, 2010 Sheriff Gusman Unveils Plans to Expand Largest per Capita Jail in the US >From Our Friends at the ACLU of Louisiana: The ACLU of Louisiana calls on the New Orleans City Council to reject Sheriff Marlin Gusman?s plan to expand Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) to 5,832 beds, large enough for 1 bed for every 60 residents. OPP, currently being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice, is already the largest per capita jail in the nation and the City?s own Planning Commission has recommended a smaller sized jail. The Sheriff?s request is scheduled to be heard by the Council this week. The request comes on the heels of reports that the Sheriff misled the Mid-City Neighborhood Association (MCNO) during a recent meeting on the size of the proposed jail...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).