Louisiana Parole Project
| Formation | 2016 |
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| Founders | Andrew Hundley, Robert Lancaster, Keith Nordyke |
| Founded at | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| EIN: 81-3399508 | |
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| Headquarters | 251 Florida St., Suite 400 |
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Area served | Louisiana |
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| Website | www |
The Louisiana Parole Project, also known as The Parole Project, is a non-profit organization dedicated to parole, probation, and sentencing reform in the United States. The project advocates through parole and clemency petitions and assists formerly incarcerated people as they reenter society.[1]
History
[edit]The Louisiana Parole Project was founded by Andrew Hundley, Robert Lancaster, and Keith Nordyke in 2016.[2] In July 1997, at age fifteen, Hundley was incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary after being sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.[2][3][4] In 2012, after the United States Supreme Court ruled on Miller v. Alabama and held that mandatory sentences of life without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for juvenile offenders, Hundley became eligible for parole.[2] Nordyke, a law professor at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Paul M. Hebert Law Center, began representing Hundley on his parole application.[2] Hundley was granted parole and released, at which point Nordyke and another LSU law professor, Robert Lancaster, asked Hundley to work with them to start the Louisiana Parole Project.[4][2]
Almost all of the cases from the LSU law clinic work with the Louisiana Parole Project.[2]
Throughout the reentry process the Louisiana Parole Project assists formerly incarcerated people in obtaining an ID card, signing up for health insurance, learning how to use a cellphone or computer, and obtaining medications.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Brady, Erin (November 16, 2021). "75-Year-Old Whose Case Led to Hundreds of Juvenile Lifers Being Freed Still Awaits Parole". Newsweek. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Mistretta, Nicole (May 1, 2020). "A Life Sentence Cut Short Sparks a Lifetime of Service". Cypress Lake Wire. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Misick, Bobbi-Jean (October 25, 2021). "This Louisiana prisoner thought he'd only have to serve a decade. 57 years later, he's free". WWNO. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Santana, Rebecca (November 18, 2021). "Henry Montgomery, at center of juvenile life debate, is free". Bradenton Herald. Retrieved 19 November 2021.