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OPSO gives tour of jail, encourages votes for millage

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson is urging voters in the city to renew an existing law enforcement millage.

On Tuesday morning, she led a tour of the jail for reporters, to show them where some of the money goes.

She says the millage provides more than $13 million a year for things like re-entry programs, staffing and facility maintenance and mental health services. The millage also assists with the continued need to improve the jail.

“The millage has been essential. It has given us the foundation and resources needed to bring federal expectations to life, not just on paper, but in daily practice. Let me be clear: we still have work to do,” said Silas Phipps, director of the Compliance and Accountability Bureau for the OPSO.

The millage will appear on the May 3 ballot.

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