Collection:LPB

Genre: Panel

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2021-06-28

Duration: 00:42:42

Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of | Prisons

Contributors:

• Merrick, Robyn Moderator
• Jennings, Joanne Elgert Panelist
• Johnson, Jamila Panelist
• Stole, Bryn Panelist
• Williams, Byron Panelist

This program features Robyn Merrick moderating a panel discussion following a virtual screening of three Independent Lens film shorts, including The Parish Prison, on June 28, 2021. The panelists are: Joanne Elgert Jennings, the filmmaker behind The Parish Prison; Jamila Johnson, the managing attorney for the Jim Crow Juries Project; Bryn Stole, a reporter for The Parish Prison; and Captain Byron Williams, the director for the Southeastern Regional Reentry Program for the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office. They discuss The Parish Prison documentary and criminal justice reform efforts in Louisiana.