Voice of the Experienced v. LeBlanc

Class action alleging that agricultural labor conditions at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Tunica, Louisiana violated incarcerated persons' constitutional rights.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed three of the five required sets of actions, but not portions of the ruling that pertained to addressing deficiencies in the defendants’ policies regarding shade, rest, and provision of adequate protective gear. The Fifth Circuit found that the three stayed portions of the district court’s ruling reached beyond persons working on the Farm Line and that the relief was therefore overbroad under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. The Fifth Circuit also found that evidence did not demonstrate the defendants’ deliberate indifference with respect to the stayed portions of the district court’s order.

Class action alleging that agricultural labor conditions at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Tunica, Louisiana violated incarcerated persons' constitutional rights.