A St. Tammany Parish judge has scheduled a condemned killer to be executed March 18, the day after another man convicted for ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.

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

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

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

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

Milton C. Grimes, a longtime Los Angeles attorney, was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay more than ...

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 guard Thursday morning, said state corrections officials.

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.