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 executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night ... and the many people that live and work inside the prison whose lives he touched– he will never be forgotten." ...

Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night ... and the many people that live and work inside the prison whose lives he touched– he will never be forgotten." ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once again asking a federal judge to order heat protections before the upcoming summer.

The protocol called for the gas to be administered for at least 15 minutes or five minutes after the inmate’s heart ... outside the rural southeast Louisiana prison at Angola, where the state ...

Louisiana on Tuesday executed a death row inmate using nitrogen gas for the first time in state history and only the fifth time in U.S. history. Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution is the ...