New Orleans
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)
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