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October 28, 2021

Emma Coleman

Emma Coleman is the senior communications manager and a policy fellow for New America's Public Interest Technology initiative. 

Police watch over prisoners from Orleans Parish Prison who were evacuated from their prison to the highway due to high water in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Social Justice

How a Hurricane Led New Orleans to Change Its Approach to Criminal Justice

Hurricane Katrina forced policymakers in the city and state to fix not only some of the worst circumstances of incarceration, but also to prevent people from being held in dangerous conditions altogether.