This has wild allegations of arrestees being abused and forced to clean up jails and other facilities. I find some of it slightly believable, but the obvious racism in the report makes me quite skeptical of their interpretation of most events described.
The ACLU intends to sue over the conditions discussed by Human Rights Watch in "Were New Orleans inmates abandoned?"
It took three days to evacuate over 6,000 inmates from the lockup after the storm hit on Aug. 29, prison authorities have said. The prisoners are now being held at 38 state and local lockups around Louisiana.
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Because they have no money, the New Orleans district attorney says they might have to release hundreds of prisoners and even shut down altogether.
Needless to say, there will be a large number of lawsuits filed over the storm.
9/15 LAT "Lawyers Planning a Deluge of Hurricane Damage Lawsuits"
9/28 NOLA "The people v. Hurricane Katrina"
10/4 AP "Panhandle company denies it contributed to levee break" discusses a potential class action suit brought by Daniel Becnel Jr. against Gulf Group Inc. of […]
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