Exposing Private Prison Negligence: Louisiana Jury Awards Historic $40 Million for Jail Death
A federal jury’s $40 million verdict against a private company running a Louisiana jail sheds light on deadly negligence and the dangerous costs of privatizing incarceration—raising urgent questions about accountability and America’s justice system.
In a landmark verdict that demands national attention, a federal jury has held LaSalle Management Co., the private contractor running Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana, accountable for the brutal death of Erie Moore Sr. This former mill worker died from head trauma sustained during his detention in 2015, a tragedy now costing the company over $40 million in damages—the highest known payout for an in-custody death.How Did We Let This Happen Under Privatized Custody?Moore was no hardened criminal—just a family man with no prior history, arrested for alleged disturbing the peace. Yet what followed reveals a disturbing pattern of neglect...
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