Overview
In first day of civil rights trial, former David Wade prisoners describe years of solitary confinement, filthy living areas and poor mental health care
Mental health care at David Wade Correctional Center ruled unconstitutional
2021 Annual Review
Report: State has saved $150 million from 2017 criminal justice reform legislation package
Supreme Court considers Harvard and University of North Carolina's use of affirmative action. Here's what you need to know
Law students Jalyn Wells and Naudia Foster of the Southern University Law Center describe their reactions to the swearing-in of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. She is the 104th associate justice named to the U.S. Supreme Court - and the first Black woman. Hear more from them in this conversation with Aarti Pole on CBC News Network.
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| The Louis A. Berry Civil Rights and Justice Institute seeks to ensure the law center’s place as a center of excellence in social and restorative justice and civil and human rights research, advocacy, education, and instruction. It further seeks to pursue policy initiatives and judicial outcomes that promote equal rights and justice. | The Louis A. Berry Institute for Civil Rights and Justice is committed to the advancement of civil and human rights and social and restorative justice, especially in Louisiana and the South. | |