Behind The Lens episode 277: ‘Hotter, hotter and warmer’
This week on Behind The Lens, within the ongoing authorized battle over situations on the Farm Line at Angola, a district choose has simply prolonged protections by means of mid-August for the incarcerated males working within the excessive warmth of…
From jail to justice | The Lens
The Jailhouse Lawyer, Calvin Duncan’s autobiography written with Sophie Cull, was launched this week by Penguin Random Home. The Lens is honored to publish an excerpt of it right here. Bernard Smith, The Lens: Let me ask you this primary….
Behind The Lens episode 275: ‘Snake hips’
This week on Behind The Lens, the variety of Louisiana kindergarteners studying at or above grade degree doubled in the course of the 2024-25 college 12 months, state officers reported earlier this month. That knowledge comes from the state’s early literacy…
Behind The Lens episode 276: ‘Respiratory poison air’
This week on Behind The Lens, in a placing transfer, the Louisiana Legislature seeks to perpetually complicate Louisiana’s transition towards renewable vitality, with a invoice handed final week which redefines pure fuel, a fossil gasoline, as “inexperienced vitality” and instructs…
Behind The Lens episode 274: ‘Human decency’
This week on Behind The Lens, a brazen escape from the Orleans Parish jail in New Orleans happened final month. With elevated consideration on circumstances within the jail, we check out a new program which offers digital tablets to incarcerated…
‘It’s simply not honest’ | The Lens
Virtually yearly on July 9, Jennifer Lynn Logan turns to social media with a heartfelt prayer. She bows her head for her brother and his co-defendant – Mark Cambre – but additionally for the sufferer’s household. Her annual posts learn…
Behind The Lens episode 273: ‘Caught within the lurch’
This week on Behind The Lens, the largest new delta in North America is forming by a naturally occurring sediment diversion on the Mississippi River. Scientists there say the land-building energy of the channel may be seen proper below their…
Behind The Lens episode 272: ‘Rising menace’
This week on Behind The Lens, the Calcasieu river’s ongoing air pollution, on prime of a long time of hazardous waste dumping, earned it a prime 10 slot on American Rivers’ 2025 checklist of most endangered rivers. The Orleans Parish Faculty…
Display Time | The Lens
Since February, most eyes within the Orleans Parish jail have been locked in on digital pc screens. All the jail obtained the Sensible Communication tablets freed from cost. Form of. The jail offered the tablets for free of charge to…
Behind The Lens episode 271: ‘Demise warrant’
This week on Behind The Lens, a court docket order final 12 months mandated some protections for incarcerated males at Angola who work the Farm Line for little or no compensation within the brutal summer season warmth. In response, state…