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Criminal Justice Rollback

How Louisiana Is Keeping People in Prison

Criminal justice reformers spent years trying to fix Louisiana’s reputation as the incarceration capital of the country. Now, under Gov. Jeff Landry, the state is doing everything it can to hold on to that title.

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