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WEBSep 2, 2024 · Behind the Lens episode 250: ‘Insurance Crisis’. Delaney Dryfoos on the continuing homeowners insurance crisis for Louisianans, and one politicians proposal to fix it. Marta Jewson reflects on covering school closures. by …
Neighborhoods Watched
WEBOct 21, 2021 · The city only directly owns 555 cameras, which are plotted on the map below. The other 420 live video feeds come through a program called Safecam Platinum, which allows private residents and businesses to hook up their cameras to the city system. This is a map of 48 participating Safecam Platinum businesses.
‘We're looking at a lot of new homeless people’: Service providers ...
WEBSep 2, 2020 · A recent survey by Unity of Greater New Orleans found the number of homeless people was more than four times its previous estimate a few months ago.
Author Archives: Nick Chrastil - The Lens
WEBAug 5, 2024 · Nick Chrastil. Nicholas Chrastil covers criminal justice for The Lens. As a freelancer, his work has appeared in Slate, Undark, Mother Jones, and the Atavist, among other outlets. Chrastil has a master's degree in mass communication from Louisiana State University, where his research focused on New Orleans' newspapers during the Reconstruction ...
Six New Orleans charter schools facing closure make their ... - The …
WEBOct 7, 2021 · Six NOLA Public Schools charter schools that have not met charter contract renewal standards made their case to remain open before the Orleans Parish School Board and Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. at a public hearing Wednesday afternoon. “The purpose of today’s hearing is to allow schools to present data and information to support ...
Neighborhoods Watched: Safety
WEBOct 21, 2021 · Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans’ violent crime and homicide rates have oscillated. Homicides fell to their lowest level in decades in 2019. But in 2020, New Orleans followed a national trend of spiking homicide rates that has continued into 2021. In search of an explanation, some looked at how policing tactics changed in 2020.
With numbers on the rise, New Orleans jail nears legal population …
WEBSep 20, 2023 · Any day now, the New Orleans jail population could reach its legal cap, set by the City Council in 2019. As of Tuesday (Sept. 19) the jail population was 1,222 – according to a City Council data dashboard. The Tuesday total was a mere 28 people away from the population cap – 1,250 – set by the council in the jail’s conditional use permit.
After an autistic teen’s in-custody death, Jefferson ... - The Lens
WEBNov 10, 2022 · In January of 2020, several deputies with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office restrained Eric Parsa, a severely autistic 16-year-old, by sitting on him for over nine minutes while he was handcuffed in the parking lot of a laser tag facility after an autism-related meltdown and altercation with his father.
Neighborhoods Watched: The Cost of a Camera - The Lens
WEBOct 21, 2021 · The Cost of a Camera. New Orleans has spent millions on surveillance, but the full price tag is unclear. Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, 2021. The upfront cost of a single New Orleans surveillance camera ranges from $1,094 to $8,263, depending on their capabilities — like zoom, pan tilt and ...
Neighborhoods Watched: The Toolbox - The Lens
WEBOct 21, 2021 · The Toolbox. A list of the police surveillance tools at the disposal of the city of New Orleans. Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, 2021. One of the biggest hurdles to surveillance oversight is simply accounting for all the tools at the city's disposal. New Orleans’ surveillance apparatus is made up ...