Promise of Justice Initiative (PJI)
@promiseofjustice.bsky.social
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.
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
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...
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
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.
Last week was the 2nd anniversary of a massive win in the Lewis v. Cain class action suit, with a U.S. Middle District of Louisiana judge ordering the LA. Dept. of Corrections and Public Safety to remedy the unconstitutional conditions and "abhorrent medical care" at Angola.
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Last week was the 2nd anniversary of a massive win in the Lewis v. Cain class action suit, with a U.S. Middle District of Louisiana judge ordering the LA. Dept. of Corrections and Public Safety to remedy the unconstitutional conditions and "abhorrent medical care" at Angola.
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...
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
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...
Recently, several PJI staffers were treated to a private tour of The Historic New Orleans Collection's new exhibit "The Trail They Blazed" by...
Last week marked the 56th anniversary of the Supreme Court ordering public schools across the South to be desegregated immediately. This action would come 15 years after Brown v. Board of Education ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional...
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Last week marked the 56th anniversary of the Supreme Court ordering public schools across the South to be desegregated immediately. This action would come 15 years after Brown v. Board of Education ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional...
Last Tues, the FCC reversed course on capping prison phone call rates prioritizing the demands & profits of the telecommunications companies over incarcerated people & their loved ones. The FCC's new regulations, would've saved families $500M+ a year.
Read more here: veritenews.org/2025/10/28/f...
Read more here: veritenews.org/2025/10/28/f...
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Last Tues, the FCC reversed course on capping prison phone call rates prioritizing the demands & profits of the telecommunications companies over incarcerated people & their loved ones. The FCC's new regulations, would've saved families $500M+ a year.
Read more here: veritenews.org/2025/10/28/f...
Read more here: veritenews.org/2025/10/28/f...
Last week, the FCC reversed course on capping prison phone call rates prioritizing the demands and profits of the telecommunications companies over incarcerated people & their loved ones. The FCC's new regulations, passed just last year, would've saved families over $500M a year.
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Last week, the FCC reversed course on capping prison phone call rates prioritizing the demands and profits of the telecommunications companies over incarcerated people & their loved ones. The FCC's new regulations, passed just last year, would've saved families over $500M a year.
Yesterday, our dear friend & client, Lloyd Gray was granted a new hearing based on newly discovered evidence of racial discrimination! Lloyd has been incarcerated for the last 45 yrs due to a nonunanimous jury conviction where two of the jurors who found him not guilty were Black...
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Yesterday, our dear friend & client, Lloyd Gray was granted a new hearing based on newly discovered evidence of racial discrimination! Lloyd has been incarcerated for the last 45 yrs due to a nonunanimous jury conviction where two of the jurors who found him not guilty were Black...
🗣️: CALLING ALL RISING 2L AND 3L LAW STUDENTS!
We're currently accepting applications for our summer legal internship. Although applications are accepted on a rolling basis, we encourage people to apply early because there are a limited number of spots. Learn more here: promiseofjustice.org/jobs
We're currently accepting applications for our summer legal internship. Although applications are accepted on a rolling basis, we encourage people to apply early because there are a limited number of spots. Learn more here: promiseofjustice.org/jobs
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🗣️: CALLING ALL RISING 2L AND 3L LAW STUDENTS!
We're currently accepting applications for our summer legal internship. Although applications are accepted on a rolling basis, we encourage people to apply early because there are a limited number of spots. Learn more here: promiseofjustice.org/jobs
We're currently accepting applications for our summer legal internship. Although applications are accepted on a rolling basis, we encourage people to apply early because there are a limited number of spots. Learn more here: promiseofjustice.org/jobs
The Historic New Orleans Collection recently explored how #Louisiana became the carceral capital of the world in an exhibition entitled “Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration" & released a powerful new book w/the same name.
WATCH here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsGI...
WATCH here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsGI...
October 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Historic New Orleans Collection recently explored how #Louisiana became the carceral capital of the world in an exhibition entitled “Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration" & released a powerful new book w/the same name.
WATCH here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsGI...
WATCH here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsGI...
Join us this Saturday, 10/25 for 1PM at the John Thompson Legacy Ctr for the #NOLA chapter meetup of Noname Book Club (NNBC). Each month a book written by a Black author is chosen & discussed. This month's pick is "Assata: An Autobiography." Interested in attending? RSVP here: info@nonamebooks.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join us this Saturday, 10/25 for 1PM at the John Thompson Legacy Ctr for the #NOLA chapter meetup of Noname Book Club (NNBC). Each month a book written by a Black author is chosen & discussed. This month's pick is "Assata: An Autobiography." Interested in attending? RSVP here: info@nonamebooks.com
ICYMI: Jessie Hoffman's spiritual advisor, Rev. Reimoku Smith, spoke about his relationship with Jessie, the first person executed by the State of LA. in 15 yrs, on World Day Against the Death Penalty.
WATCH the full webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lv0...
WATCH the full webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lv0...
October 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
ICYMI: Jessie Hoffman's spiritual advisor, Rev. Reimoku Smith, spoke about his relationship with Jessie, the first person executed by the State of LA. in 15 yrs, on World Day Against the Death Penalty.
WATCH the full webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lv0...
WATCH the full webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lv0...
In late September, a Baton Rouge federal judge took a major step in the long-running litigation about “overdetention" or when an incarcerated person is held in prison past the end of their legal release date.
October 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In late September, a Baton Rouge federal judge took a major step in the long-running litigation about “overdetention" or when an incarcerated person is held in prison past the end of their legal release date.
**REMINDER: Don't forget to join us today for 5:30PM at the Twelve Mile Limit for our #happyhour fun-raiser! A portion of this event's signature cocktail, "The Bees Knees", will go to the Promise of Justice's programmatic work.
October 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
**REMINDER: Don't forget to join us today for 5:30PM at the Twelve Mile Limit for our #happyhour fun-raiser! A portion of this event's signature cocktail, "The Bees Knees", will go to the Promise of Justice's programmatic work.
Join us this Thursday at 5:30PM at 12 Mile Limit for a night of fun, community, and impact! Every dollar raised fuels the fight for justice and supports PJI’s work right here in #Louisiana.
October 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join us this Thursday at 5:30PM at 12 Mile Limit for a night of fun, community, and impact! Every dollar raised fuels the fight for justice and supports PJI’s work right here in #Louisiana.
Researcher and "Secrets of the Killing State" author @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social's author talk was equal parts informative and illuminating when it comes to the secrecy surrounding executions generally speaking as well as how lethal injections have become more commonplace as an execution method.
September 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Researcher and "Secrets of the Killing State" author @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social's author talk was equal parts informative and illuminating when it comes to the secrecy surrounding executions generally speaking as well as how lethal injections have become more commonplace as an execution method.
It's said prisons don't solve problems, they only disappear them from our communities. What problems are further exacerbated when combining the heat & humidity of #Louisiana w/the confinement, power imbalance, additional abuses, and lack of autonomy & care found within a prison? #CarceralClimates
September 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It's said prisons don't solve problems, they only disappear them from our communities. What problems are further exacerbated when combining the heat & humidity of #Louisiana w/the confinement, power imbalance, additional abuses, and lack of autonomy & care found within a prison? #CarceralClimates
We invite you to join us tomorrow at the Community Book Center for an author talk between PJI's Samantha Kennedy and "Secrets of the Killing State" author, researcher and law professor, @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social on lethal injections and the secrecy surrounding this execution method.
September 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We invite you to join us tomorrow at the Community Book Center for an author talk between PJI's Samantha Kennedy and "Secrets of the Killing State" author, researcher and law professor, @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social on lethal injections and the secrecy surrounding this execution method.
The #NOLA Noname Book Club (NNBC) chapter returns this Sat to John Thompson Legacy Center for 1PM! Each month a book written by a Black author is chosen and discussed. September's pick is "Sister Outsider" by Audre Lorde. Interested in attending? DM us for more info.
September 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The #NOLA Noname Book Club (NNBC) chapter returns this Sat to John Thompson Legacy Center for 1PM! Each month a book written by a Black author is chosen and discussed. September's pick is "Sister Outsider" by Audre Lorde. Interested in attending? DM us for more info.
Can you imagine being forced to share space with a group of people in 108 degree heat? Would you be able to remain calm if conflict arose and tensions were high? In what ways would you stay cool if your movement and resources were extremely limited and there was no A/C or handheld fans?
September 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Can you imagine being forced to share space with a group of people in 108 degree heat? Would you be able to remain calm if conflict arose and tensions were high? In what ways would you stay cool if your movement and resources were extremely limited and there was no A/C or handheld fans?
Join us on Thurs, 9/25 for an important discussion b/w PJI's Samantha Kennedy & author @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social Lain on her book, "Secrets of the Killing State." This event will explore the troubling realities of #lethalinjection and its implications in Louisiana. 🔗: bit.ly/sotks-nola
September 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Join us on Thurs, 9/25 for an important discussion b/w PJI's Samantha Kennedy & author @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social Lain on her book, "Secrets of the Killing State." This event will explore the troubling realities of #lethalinjection and its implications in Louisiana. 🔗: bit.ly/sotks-nola
Thanks to Robert Stewart of Verite News for speaking with our Director of Community Impact about tonight's community engagement bike ride with Critical Mass NOLA, Freedom to Grow NOLA, VOTE, Eye on Surveillance NOLA, and New Orleans Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression!
September 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thanks to Robert Stewart of Verite News for speaking with our Director of Community Impact about tonight's community engagement bike ride with Critical Mass NOLA, Freedom to Grow NOLA, VOTE, Eye on Surveillance NOLA, and New Orleans Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression!
#DidYouKnow that Louisiana has a total of 13 carceral facilities with the Louisiana State Penitentiary (A/K/A as Angola), being the largest with 18,000 acres. Like many prisons throughout the South, Angola lacks proper air conditioning (allegedly 4 areas of the prison have A/C), resulting in...
September 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#DidYouKnow that Louisiana has a total of 13 carceral facilities with the Louisiana State Penitentiary (A/K/A as Angola), being the largest with 18,000 acres. Like many prisons throughout the South, Angola lacks proper air conditioning (allegedly 4 areas of the prison have A/C), resulting in...
We heard from several of our former clients who are now free about what it was like to watch their worlds implode from a television set at Angola during #HurricaneKatrina.
Please listen to When All You Can Do Is Watch: Hurricane Katrina from Inside Angola (4 of 4). 📷️: Jackson Hill
Please listen to When All You Can Do Is Watch: Hurricane Katrina from Inside Angola (4 of 4). 📷️: Jackson Hill
August 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We heard from several of our former clients who are now free about what it was like to watch their worlds implode from a television set at Angola during #HurricaneKatrina.
Please listen to When All You Can Do Is Watch: Hurricane Katrina from Inside Angola (4 of 4). 📷️: Jackson Hill
Please listen to When All You Can Do Is Watch: Hurricane Katrina from Inside Angola (4 of 4). 📷️: Jackson Hill
At PJI, when we think of the incredible devastation of Katrina & the failures of our government, we are called to remember those whom are so easily forgotten – our friends and neighbors inside of prison.
When All You Can Do Is Watch: #HurricaneKatrina From Inside Angola (3 of 4).
When All You Can Do Is Watch: #HurricaneKatrina From Inside Angola (3 of 4).
August 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
At PJI, when we think of the incredible devastation of Katrina & the failures of our government, we are called to remember those whom are so easily forgotten – our friends and neighbors inside of prison.
When All You Can Do Is Watch: #HurricaneKatrina From Inside Angola (3 of 4).
When All You Can Do Is Watch: #HurricaneKatrina From Inside Angola (3 of 4).