"The Louisiana department of corrections is keeping more than a quarter of inmates behind bars past their scheduled release date, the US Justice Department said in a report Wednesday.
According to the Justice Department, between January and April 2022 alone, nearly 27% of those released from LDOC custody – nearly 4,100 people – were held past their release dates.
Of those held beyond their release dates, 24% were held for at least 90 extra days.
“Our investigation uncovered evidence of systemic violations by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections that have resulted in the routine confinement of people far beyond the dates when they are legally entitled to be released,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who heads DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. "
I love how much of an "oopsie" this is framed as. Literal thousands of people being extrajudicially detained and it's written about like it's a clerical error and not a crime against humanity
Oppsy doopsu thousands of people spent untold hours kidnapped by a state with absolute power over them. Anyway maybbeee we'll commission a commission to investigate this ina few years.
So I spoke with my liberal friend about it who is really angry about government overreach in regards to his car and that he can't park where he wants to and also can't drive as fast as he wants to. He took the position: It is a large organisation, of course it might get trouble at releasing people, like WTF?
When I went to jail for a small amount of weed I was lucky enough to get out on bail after about 12 hours, then when I was being taken out of the jail with the other guys who were getting out that fucking prick cop singled me out about halfway out of jail for a "joke" about how there was a mistake and I had to go back in
I controlled my temper long enough for him to get to the part where he said he was just kidding but I really wanted to punch his smug face, still do
:jokerfied:
:thumb-cop: "smile at my joke or I'll defend myself from you. Stop resisting (my humor)!!"
Slavery never ended in Louisiana.
Yet i don’t see no one going all john brown :john-brown: on their asses. :soviet-hmm:
Gulag all white people in louisiana until we can figure it what the hell is going on! :trump-anguish:
