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Metro Crime Commission reports a total of 596 violent felons at Orleans jail

Metro Crime Commission has reported that 597 out of the 993 inmates in the Orleans Parish Justice Center are in custody for violent felonies.

Two-hundred-fifteen of the inmates are in custody for homicide, and 54 inmates are in custody for attempted murder. One-hundred-forty-two inmates are in custody for battery, and 58 are in there for sex crimes.

This inmate overview comes after days of protests at the jail in the high-security pod. The protest is now over, and some inmates were transferred to other facilities.

VIDEO AND ARTICLE: https://www.wdsu.com/article/metro-crime-commission-reports-a-total-of-596-violent-felons-at-orleans-jail/40913439



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