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Civil Rights Group Files Lawsuit Against Sheriff Marlin Gusman
ABC26 NewsThe Southern Poverty Law Center filed a class action lawsuit against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman Monday morning. The group claims Gusman's indifference has created conditions at the jail where drugs and knives are the norm along with a poorly...Tags: Trials, Prisons, Justice System, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Mayor Landrieu Urge Jindal, State to Spare New Orleans from Mental Health Cuts
WGNO NewsNew Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu released a letter Saturday that he sent earlier this week to Governor Bobby Jindal and Louisiana State University System President Dr. John Lombardi, urging them to work together to stave off severe cuts to mental health...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Substance Abuse, Bobby Jindal, Behavioral Conditions, Health
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Mental Health Resources Now Available for Flood Victims
WGNO NewsThe Our Home, Louisiana Coalition, founded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, relaunches a toll-free Information Resource Line to provide support to Louisiana flood victims. The line is provided and staffed by coalition partner Magellan...Tags: Louisiana, Disasters, Human Interest, Environmental Pollution, Behavioral Conditions
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LA Asks BP for $10M for Mental Health Services
ABC26 NewsLouisiana's health secretary is again asking BP PLC for $10 million for mental health services to state residents affected by the oil spill. Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine says counseling teams have talked to nearly 2,000 people in affected...Tags: Louisiana, Hospitals and Clinics, Emergency Incidents, Disasters, BP Plc
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Groundbreaking For New VA Clinic At Fort Polk
ABC26 NewsConstruction will begin in November for a VA clinic at Fort Polk. Veterans who live in that area now must travel to the VA hospital in Alexandria, which serves 29,000 patients. The outpatient clinic will be able to handle 2,500 patients when it opens in...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning, Alexandria (Alexandria, Virginia), Health
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Juvenile Detention Reform Helps Ease Overcrowding
ABC26 NewsCaddo Juvenile Detention Center's small cell blocks are reserved mostly for teens charged with armed robbery, sex crimes and other violent felony offenses. Despite a reported increase in younger, more violent criminals on the streets of Shreveport -...Tags: Trials, Social Sciences, Misdemeanors, Sex, Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Mental Health Issues in New Orleans
(New Orleans) A state hospital for the mentally ill faces cuts. In mid Feburary the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital will lose twelve beds. Tulane Lakeside has already lost twenty two beds for mental health patients. New Orleans Police Crisis Unit...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Death, Crime, Law and Justice
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Louisiana Fishermen Contemplating Suicide, Need Mental Health Services
ABC26 NewsThe situation in the gulf is getting so dire for some in the seafood industry, they've thought about committing suicide. Steps to intervene are underway. Desperation is setting in in Southeast Louisiana. "I spoke to a group of fishermen, mainly...Tags: Louisiana, Government Health Care, Disasters, Economy, Business and Finance, Medical Services
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State Opens 2 Mental Health Clinics For Youth
ABC26 NewsAbout a half-year after it closed a youth mental hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana's health department has opened two outpatient mental health clinics for children, adolescents and their families. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, State Health...Tags: Louisiana, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Services, Teen-agers, Health
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Historic Mosaic Mural Saved From Wrecking Ball
Staff reporterAn elaborate mosaic mural on New Orleans' west bank is being saved. But officials don't know when they'll have the money to restore and reinstall it. The 46-year-old mural is considered one of artist Conrad Albrizio's best. It's on one side of the New...Tags: Cultural Development, Arts and Culture, Arts, Culture
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St. Bernard Getting Permanent Mental Clinic
ABC26 NewsSt. Bernard Parish is getting a permanent mental health and substance abuse clinic along St. Bernard Highway in Arabi, after years of operating in temporary trailers. Officials of the Metropolitan Human Services District, an agency tasked by the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Health and Medical Professionals
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NOAH Reopening Activist To Speak Tuesday To Supporters
Staff reporterOpponents of a move to relocate 35 mental health beds from New Orleans to a hospital in Mandeville still hope to reverse the move in court. Attorney Willie Zanders is representing a group that wants the beds re-opened at the New Orleans Adolescent...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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