May 8, 2021 GSMCB: Criminal Justice Reform and the 2021 Louisiana State Legislative Session

 

The Gillespie-Senter 

Memorial Community Breakfast

May 8, 2021 session

 

 

Criminal Justice Reform and the 

 

2021 Louisiana State Legislative Session

  Susan M. Weishar Ph.D.

Policy and Research Fellow

Jesuit Social Research Institute

Loyola University New Orleans

 

SATURDAY MAY 8, 2021 

10:50am - 12:30pm

 

10:50am-11:00am: Participant Introductions

11:00am-12:00pm: Keynote Presentation

12:00pm-12:30pm: Progressive Community Announcements

 

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Several important criminal justice reform bills are being considered in the current Louisiana State Legislative session that have great potential to unravel mass incarceration in our state if enacted, including:

HB 254, which eliminates Juvenile Life without Parole. This bill is more urgently needed since SCOTUS ruled April 21 that judges do not have to hold special hearings to determine if juvenile offenders are beyond hope of rehabilitation before sentencing them to die in prison.

HB 490 which allows persons with life sentences to apply for parole after serving 25 years;

HB 46 which puts limits on pre-trial incarceration.

Our presenter will be Susan M. Weishar, Ph.D., a Policy and Research Fellow with the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University (JSRI).

JSRI strongly supports other reform bills such as HB 68, prohibiting the use of solitary confinement in Louisiana prisons for persons with mental illness or impairment, and HB 604 simplifying the very expensive and complex expungement process for persons who have served their time.

 

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The Gillespie-Senter Memorial Community Breakfast has been a project of

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