"They're left in jail days, weeks, even years past their sentences and it's costing us millions"

WWL-TV featured the work of the Law Office of William Most last night. According to WWL-TV,

Officials have known about the over-detention problem for years. An internal DOC audit in 2012 showed that more than 2,000 inmates were held an average of 71 days beyond their release dates. The problems is not just a burden for inmates. Taxpayers shell out more than $3.6 million annually to care for inmates beyond their release dates, according to the 2012 report.

Watch the TV story here, and read our court filing that broke the story here.