Louisiana Government Wee Bit Out of Control

[David Lockmiller]

Louisiana ‘Deliberately Indifferent’ to Keeping Inmates Past Release Date, Justice Dept. Says

Headline New York Times (January 26, 2023)

The Justice Department has found that Louisiana’s longstanding practice of detaining more than a quarter of inmates beyond their court-ordered release dates violates the Constitution and accused state officials of ignoring repeated calls to overhaul the unjust system.

The department, citing evidence uncovered by lawyers representing incarcerated people, concluded that the state has known about the problem for at least a decade and done little to address it.

I wonder if the majority of the United States Supreme Court would agree that this is a constitutional violation.