A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at ...

MINDEN, Louisiana (KTBS) — A female prisoner found herself enjoying less than 15 minutes of freedom after managing to escape the fourth floor jail at the Webster Parish courthouse Wednesday.

Louisiana inmates seeking parole are discovering ... a TIGER score – which uses data from an inmate’s time before prison, such as work history, criminal convictions, and age at first arrest ...

For decades, ICE has exploited its decentralized network of detention centers to keep immigration prisoners away from their lawyers, families and support networks, as well as from courts that are ...