New Orleans is emerging as a hot spot in the COVID-19 pandemic, and Louisiana has one of the highest incarceration rates in the nation. Below you’ll find a set of tools for tracking how the New Orleans criminal justice system is responding to the crisis, including current data on incidents reported to the police, arrests, COVID-19 in the general population, and the number of people held in the jail. In addition to the resources on this page, Vera has created a guidance brief on bold changes Louisiana can take to respond to COVID-19 in its criminal justice system.

Resources

New Orleans

• Guidance brief: Louisiana Must Overhaul Its Justice System Practices to Respond to COVID-19
  (Vera Institute of Justice)
• Consent Decree/Crime/Jail Population Dashboard
  (Criminal Justice Committee–New Orleans City Council)
• Corrections Services Fact Sheet
  (Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections)
• Covid-19 Prevention and Protection in Louisiana Correctional Facilities
  (Letter from ACLU et al. to Governor John Bel Edwards)
• New Orleans Reentry Resources
  (The First 72+)

National

• Coronavirus Tracker: How Justice Systems Are Responding in Each State
  Compare your county's COVID-19 population decreases to the changes in other counties.
  (The Marshall Project)
• COVID–19 Incarceration Model
  A data tool to model the spread and impact of COVID-19 among incarcerated people in different jurisdictions.
  (Recidiviz)
• Up-to-Date U.S. Prison and Jail Population
  (End Incarceration)
• National Jail Population Database
  (Vera Institute of Justice)
• COVID-19 Policy Shifts
  (Justice Collaborative)
• Recommendations for Youth Justice Systems During the Covid-19 Emergency
  (Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice)
• COVID-19 Law Enforcement Impact Dashboard
  (National Police Foundation)
• COVID-19 Behind Bars
• Resources for Correctional and Detention Facilities
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Guidance briefs: Coronavirus Guidance for the Criminal and Immigration Legal Systems
  (Vera Institute of Justice)
• Tracking COVID-19 Rates in Jails and Prisons
  (UCLA)