Overdetention: The United States of America v/s Louisiana D.O.C.

Bloody Angola Podcast by Woody Overton & Jim Chapman

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Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Bloody Angola Podcast, Jim Chapman covers a lawsuit just filed from the United States Justice Department accusing the State of Louisiana and the Department of Corrections of massive over-detention of inmates who have served their sentence in full.

#louisiana #lawsuit #overdetention #doc #prison #crime #justicedepartment

Timestamps
01:40 Breaking News: State of Louisiana and D.O.C. Lawsuit
03:55 Lawsuit Overview: Over-Detention Explained
06:13 The Data: Over-Detention Statistics
10:38 The Process: Louisiana's Release Procedures
22:08 Training Deficiencies: A Systemic Issue
28:39 Deliberate Indifference: A Legal Perspective
32:25 Financial Impact: The Cost of Over-Detention
36:08 State Response: Louisiana's Defense
37:23 Justice Department's Stance: Individual Liberty

Legal Note: This Case has not been decided and all persons/entities discussed in this podcast are assumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The charges expressed in this podcast are taken from public record and not the direct opinions of the host or producers of this podcast.

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0:00.0	I walk a straight line
0:17.3	shackled chain
0:20.6	oh glues and girdy is calling my name there is no mercy in this penitentiary
0:33.6	just asked the hill string game
0:38.2	Rangled of three
0:40.7	I'm here for life
0:44.7	I'm here to die
0:47.8	Inside these walls
0:51.8	Inside the wide And when the wolf cry these walls inside the wire.
0:56.0	And when the wolf cries, I know it's over.
1:04.1	Oh, bloody Angola.
1:13.6	Oh, bloody angola. Oh, bloody angola.
1:15.6	Hey, Hey everyone and welcome back to Bloody Angola, a podcast 142 years in the making, the complete story of America's bloodiest present.
1:41.0	I'm Jim Chapman, and today we are discussing some breaking news from right
1:46.9	here at home on a newly filed lawsuit from the United States of America, specifically
1:53.5	the Justice Department against the state of Louisiana, alleging the state prison system routinely holds people weeks
2:03.9	and even months after they have completed their sentences.
2:07.9	This is known legally as over detention.
2:10.9	Now, before we get into the episode, I do want to shout out Alicia Morris.
2:16.4	She has joined the Patreon Patreon Bloody Angola page.
2:21.5	If you hadn't checked that out, go check it out.
2:23.9	That's at patreon.com slash bloody angola podcast.
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