Watchopp

05/08/2019

I love my watchopp blog. Haven't been able to write much recently, but I'm back with a vengeance.

05/08/2019

03/13/2018

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/louisiana-medical-ma*****na-licenses-heat-up/

Hell has frozen over! 10 exclusive licenses are up for grabs to distribute medical ma*****na to patients throughout Louisiana. Pharmacies around the state could open in the next few months if the L…

10/25/2017

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/about-1400-convicts-to-be-released-from-jail-due-to-new-law/

Starting November 1, 2017, inmates will be released to the parish where they were convicted. The 10 bills of the Louisiana Justice Reinvestment Package should save the state approximately $265 mil…

10/22/2017

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/inspector-general-resigns-amid-allegations-of-wrongdoing/

With the credibility of the New Orleans IG office at stake, the usual calm that has pervaded that office is long gone, replaced with considerable confusion. I feel a deep sadness that Ed Quatrevaux…

07/19/2017

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/new-orleans-jailer-makes-positive-move-to-reduce-jail-population/

Marlin Gusman is on the hot seat. He’s got a brand new jail but inmate deaths, and other large problems hound him. In an attempt to fix matters before things get any worse, Gusman has …

06/10/2017

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/prison-reform-package-passes-louisiana-house-and-sen

Hell has indeed frozen over, because all 10 bills in the huge overhaul of the state’s criminal justice system passed both legislative chambers and the governor has signaled his willingness to…

01/29/2017

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/20-year-old-perjury-case-gets-city-council-and-cannizzaro-feuding-in-court/

Leon Cannizzaro isn’t the worst District Attorney New Orleans has ever seen, but he has made some boneheaded decisions. Recently a man was released from prison after serving 20 years because …

06/02/2016

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/gusman-hearings-heat-up/

It’s hard to believe things could be much worse in the new jail. The stories coming from the replace Gusman hearings in U.S. District Judge Lance Africk’s courtroom are tough to top. A…

05/24/2016

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/justice-department-issues-blueprint-for-taking-over-new-orleans-jail/

Last month the Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge Lance Africk to remove Gusman from day-to-day operations of the new jail. Now Justice wants to take over the jail. Africk is holding a h…

05/05/2016

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/walter-reed-guilty-on-18-counts/

How the mighty have fallen, and how careless are the mighty? It’s one thing for the formerly mighty (3 decades as north shore district attorney) to get convicted handily himself. But for his …

05/03/2016

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/justice-department-now-wants-jailer-gusman-out/

The U.S. Justice Department has asked U.S. District Judge Lance Africk to remove elected jailer Marlin Gusman from office and appoint an outside administrator to run Orleans Parish Prison. In 2013…

04/21/2016

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/danziger-five-accept-vastly-reduced-prison-sentences/

Egregious prosecutorial conduct was the causal factor in the sentence reduction. The five former New Orleans police officers involved in the fatal shooting spree in the crazy aftermath of Hurricane…

02/09/2016

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/skirting-carnival-regulations-and-other-negative-parade-trends/

I have always loved Carnival, from the first parade I ever saw to the last one last night. Really looking forward to my new costume wrinkles for 2016 and the fact that I'll be heading to the French...

10/12/2015

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/rare-glimpse-inside-angola-part-ii/

This is the second installment of my Angola series, the following paragraph is from the first entry. I have a friend (let’s call him Paul) serving a decade in Angola. He never used a weapon but too...

10/07/2015

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/rare-glimpse-inside-angola-part-i/

I have a friend (let's call him Paul) serving nine years in Angola. He never used a weapon but took any and all unlocked bicycles and entered unlocked cars and broke into glove boxes and took the c...

10/05/2015

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/math-at-front-of-latest-orleans-parish-prison-skirmish/

It's a numbers game. Stacy Head, New Orleans City Council member, recently said, I'm shocked the public doesn't get it, because it's so simple. Head and Mayor Landrieu are in agreement here. Both w...

09/17/2015

https://watchopp.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/mayor-makes-huge-settlement-offer-to-gusman/

I didn't see this coming, I didn't think Landrieu had $54 million to spend on inmates. He doesn't, but FEMA does. It's a very attractive offer if you ask me. There will be no Phase III building if ...