New Staff at JJPL
JJPL is excited to welcome Lelia Gowland to the JJPL team and congratulates Caitlin Boyce on her promotion to Development Associate. As Communications and Development Director, Ms. Gowland strives to...
View ArticleJJPL Legislative Agenda
The legislative session is in full swing, and there are many pieces of legislation on which JJPL is focusing. In addition to supporting Rep. Honoré’s juvenile life without parole legislation (HB 319),...
View ArticleTomorrow, May 1 — Action Day to Ensure Louisiana Complies with the US Supreme...
Louisiana has the highest rate of individuals serving juvenile life without parole in the United States, the only country in the world that currently has individuals serving this sentence. JJPL...
View ArticleNational Spotlight For Orleans Parish Prison
JJPL Executive Director, Dana Kaplan spoke on CNN about the unconstitutional conditions within Orleans Parish Prison (OPP). Video footage taken by an inmate within OPP’s now shuttered House of...
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Save the Date for JJPL’s 2013 Gala and Awards Ceremony
For more information please contact Lelia Gowland.
View ArticleLegislative Update: Successful Change to Juvenile Life Without Parole Law...
As the legislative session comes to a close, we’re pleased to report that the amended version of HB 152 has been sent to the Governor’s office for review. This bill puts Louisiana in compliance with...
View Article“Herman’s House,” a film about solitary confinement
June 27th at 7:30 PM Zeitgeist Theatre Presented by JJPL, ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, BreakOUT!, Touro Synagoue, and Jesuit Social Research Institute The injustice of solitary confinement and...
View ArticlePOMM youth learn about restorative justice
On Wednesday, May 8, POMM youth participated in a workshop on restorative justice led by POMM member organization: Kids ReThink New Orleans Schools. Rethink youth, who have established over seven clubs...
View ArticleJJPL continues to build relationship with Teach for America
Managing Director and Schools First project director, Jolon McNeil spent May 30 providing training to the incoming cohort of 200 Teach for America (TFA) Corps Members on the school-to-prison pipeline...
View ArticleJJPL provides training for lawyers working on resentencing
Over 70 attorneys, mitigation specialists and investigators attended a free two-day workshop on sentencing and resentencing based on the US Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama. Attendees heard...
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