That difficulty was part of the reason Louisiana lawmakers legalized the use of nitrogen gas and the electric chair as ...

Louisiana corrections officials have drafted and approved a new policy to allow the state to restart executing death row ...

The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state ...

As currently written, the Louisiana Constitution limits the types of offenses for which teenagers under 17 can be sent to ...

A dispute that resulted in an inmate’s death is under investigation at a Louisiana state prison, according to the Department of Corrections.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced on Monday, February 10, that the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal court in Louisiana found in favor of a class of inmates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, who have argued since 1992 that the prison’s medical and psychiatric ...

A lieutenant with the Louisiana State Police is in jail after the Baton Rouge Police Department responded to an off-duty ...

A Louisiana State Police Lieutenant was arrested by the Baton Rouge Police Department following an off-duty domestic violence ...

A Sacramento County inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison is one of three facing attempted homicide charges in an attack on a ...

The state, some prison phone companies and the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, a powerful lobbying group with major sway in state criminal justice policy, argue the new rules are arbitrary.