Center for Opportunity Policy
What Does Criminal Justice Reform Mean For Louisiana?
Louisiana passed and enacted a Justice Reinvestment Package, what was modeled on successful reforms in [...]
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LABI Published Louisiana Legislature Scorecard 2017
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, better known as LABI, recently published the [...]
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Louisiana’s #1 Rankings for Incarceration Is Slipping
Over the course of a number of years, Louisiana has captured a ranking no state should want. #1 in terms [...]
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Louisiana House Commemorates Pelican Institute Founder Kevin Kane
It was a momentous day for criminal justice reform in Louisiana and for the Pelican Institute. The full [...]
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Louisiana Criminal Justice Reform Package Clears House & Senate
The criminal justice reform package that has been pushed by Louisiana Smart on Crime, Pelican Institute, [...]
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LABI’s Stephen Waguespack Makes The Case for Criminal Justice Reform in Louisiana
Today, Stephen Waguespack has a Guest Column in The Advocate which makes the case that lawmakers should [...]
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The Business Case For Justice Reinvestment in Louisiana
There is a solid case to be made from a business perspective for the criminal justice reform efforts in [...]
Read moreProminent Louisiana Business Leaders Push for Criminal Justice Reform
Today, Smart on Crime Louisiana, Right On Crime, and the Pelican Institute for Public Policy released a [...]
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Louisiana Smart On Crime’s Justice Reinvestment Factsheet
This year we have a critical opportunity to advance criminal justice reform in Louisiana. In that effort, [...]
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