Watch this trailer for "I Won't Drown on that Levee and You Ain't Gonna' Break my Back," a new video on the evacuation of Orleans Parish Prison, covering the building of the "Greyhound Jail" behind New Orleans' Greyhound Station, and their role in criminalizing survivors of Hurricane Katrina, placing overwhelming stress on families and loved ones and hindering their 'right to return.'


The following organizations participated in our press conference and call for an investigation, featured here:

ACLU of Louisiana
Southern Center for Human Rights
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Friends& Families of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children
Human Rights Watch
The Justice Center

This video was produced in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, by the Corrections Documentary Project, directed by Ashley Hunt.