Louisiana's Department of Corrections keeps hundreds of people locked up beyond their release date each year. This has been *documented* as going on for at least a decade, and it's quite likely that it's been going on far longer than that.
Now, at last, the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department is coming down hard on the practice and has given LDOC 49 days to fix things or face a lawsuit. You can read the DOJ's report here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1564036/download
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