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Jailed in New Orleans Two Weeks Before Katrina, Fmr. Corrections Officer Held for Four Months Without Charge

Roderick Dean, a former corrections officer, recounts his harrowing ordeal two years ago when he was arrested and jailed without charge on August 11, 2005 - two weeks before Hurricane Katrina. When the storm hit, Dean was in New Orleans Parish Prison where he narrowly escaped drowning after the jail flooded. He was never charged and released four months later.
Ref. https://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/31/1435259

Charge Jailed

I am sure this guy is going to sue the State? How come he was in jail for four months without being charged? Is that legal in the US?