OPP consent decree: Gusman wants $5 increase in per diem payments [UPDATED]
 

Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has filed a motion in federal court requesting that the city's per diem payments to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office be readjusted to reflect inflation. The current rate, $22.39 per Orleans Parish Prison inmate per day, was set in 2003, pursuant to a settlement in federal court case Hamilton v. Morial (opened in 1969 as Hamilton v. Schiro).? [ Read more ]

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