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Promise of Justice Initiative (PJI)
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PJI fights for the dignity, freedom, and autonomy of those targeted and touched by the criminal legal system and for an end to mass incarceration in Louisiana.
We need your help to fund the production of this film and tell this crucial story. Make a gift today to sustain the filmmaking process and honor the memory of those who have died by incarceration by clicking here: promiseofjustice.org/donate
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December 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
as well as the Point Lookout Crew, a group of incarcerated men who build caskets, dig graves, offer burial rituals, and join in song as they lay fellow incarcerated people to rest.
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
PJI has a forthcoming film focused on death and dying at Angola and the systems incarcerated people have created to make this process more dignified for those who die in prison. This film will offer a look into Angola’s hospice program, which was created and is run by incarcerated people...
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
touched and targeted by the criminal legal system to share their stories and engage in fights against harmful and oppressive systems. We believe that sharing these stories with the world will transform culture, ideas, policies, and law.
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
You can help us raise even more funds to fight for justice! Our Board of Directors will match your gift up to $16K for #GivingTuesday. Your donation of any amt will help us get the match! Help us build the world that we all deserve by making a gift today: promiseofjustice.org/donate
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December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
a concern in school districts across #Louisiana and that in districts that are both underserved and under-resourced, Black children are more like­ly to be dis­ci­plined in school, be expelled, and suspended compared to their white counterparts resulting with their introduction into the legal system.
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
...straight from the people who lived them", like Ms. Bridges, Tate, Etienne, and Prevost.⁠

As we continue to fight for those targeted and touched by the criminal legal system and mass incarceration, it's important to note that even today, segregation is still...
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
...the fight for equitable education and civil rights reshaping history.⁠

Several of our staff recently viewed "The Trail They Blazed", a multimedia experience curated by our partners The Historic New Orleans Collection, which "presents stories of social and racial justice...
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
While the case is paused temporarily pending appeal, we continue to fight for our clients and will not stop until they get the relief they deserve. Read more here: promiseofjustice.org/medical-clas...
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This lawsuit highlights the needless suffering of patients at Angola — including severe pain, preventable sickness, and untimely death — as a result of prison officials’ failure to provide legally required medical care.
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
curator/historian Eric Seifert, which features Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, Tessie Prevost, and Ruby Bridges, the four civil rights torchbearers who desegregated New Orleans' schools as children. The multimedia exhibit will be on display until June 7, 2026.⁠

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The Trail They Blazed
Leaders of the local Civil Rights Movement tell their stories of resistance and persistence.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Despite that ruling that schools desegregate “with all deliberate speed", there was no specific timetable implemented by the court.⁠

Recently, several PJI staffers were treated to a private tour of The Historic New Orleans Collection's new exhibit "The Trail They Blazed" by...
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ultimately, no family should go into debt to stay in touch with their incarcerated loved ones.

Read more from @veritenews.org here: veritenews.org/2025/10/28/f...
FCC votes to loosen caps on jail, prison phone calls - Verite News New Orleans
in 2024, the FCC voted to set six-cent per minute caps on phone calls from prisons and jails. The rule never fully took effect. After pushback from telecoms, the commission voted to raise the cap to 1...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM