New BGR Report Urges Budget Agreement for Jail

NEW ORLEANS — The Bureau of Governmental Research has published a report calling on the City of New Orleans and the...

New Bureau of Governmental Research report urges budget agreement for Orleans Parish Prison

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — As the New Orleans City Council prepares its 2024 budget, the Bureau of Governmental Research...

Budget Agreement between City and Sheriff Critical to Solving Jail’s Chronic Problems

The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) published a report today calling on the City of New Orleans and the Orleans...

Editorial: Court should create a process to evaluate cost, design concerns over jail

Local officials and criminal justice reformers have been fighting over the future of the Orleans Parish jail for so...

Is There Concern Over The Cost Of A New Facility For A Jail?

Rebecca Mowbray and Paul Rioux join Tommy Tucker to talk about the cost and design of a new jail...

“Medieval at best” – multiple groups criticize proposed wing for NOLA prison

NEW ORLEANS — Following a series of stories by WWL-TV over the controversial design proposed for a new mental...

Design, cost concerns plague proposed Orleans Parish Jail facility

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Bureau of Governmental Research released a report supporting a review of the design and...

Good-government group backs review of costs, design of controversial Orleans jail wing

A federal judge should order a fresh review of the proposed design and costs of the controversial expansion to...

BGR Supports Review of Jail Facility Design and Cost

NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: On July 11, BGR published a report discussing concerns that...

Phase III Concerns of Sheriff and City Council Deserve Further Review

Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) issued a report discussing concerns that the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office and...