Reading for Justice: From Incarceration to Exoneration

Louisiana incarcerates more people than any other state in the nation. It also has one of the highest exoneration rates in the Untied States.

Two recently-released books, The Jailhouse Lawyer by Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull and Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration by the Historic New Orleans Collection, focus on how Louisiana got to this point and on what happens when the justice system fails.

In a conversation facilitated by Verite News reporter Richard A. Webster, two contributors to Captive State, Andrea Armstrong and Nick Weldon, join Duncan and Cull to talk about how these two books speak to one another, and how we as Louisianans can affect change.

Free and open to the public; donations gratefully accepted. Donations support One Book One New Orleans' year-round work.

This event is sponsored by the Historic New Orleans Collection.

The Andre Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice is accessible to community members who require mobility-related ADA accommodations. Parking near the venue is free, though somewhat limited. The nearest RTA stop is at N. Broad and Columbus.