Fifth Circuit Refuses to Stop Court-Ordered Construction 
of Mental Health Facility at New Orleans Jail



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    • July 8, 2025 at 3:15 am #10178
      Kris Marker
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      Loaded on June 1, 2025

      by Boris Bastidas


      published in Prison Legal News
      June, 2025, page 15

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      Jail Specific.

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      Louisiana.

      In an opinion filed on August 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed an appeal by the Sheriff of Louisiana’s Orleans Parish, who sought to halt construction of a mental health annex for detainees at the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) that was ordered under a …

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