punishable by up to 10 years in prison, depending on the circumstances. State Rep. Pat Moore, D-Monroe, said she filed House Bill 76 at the request of a Louisiana woman who said she contracted ...

Combined with its adult jailed population, Louisiana has one of the highest incarceration rates in the U.S., according to the Prison Policy ... a criminal justice reform law passed in 2016 that ...

Louisiana, New York and other states are rolling back reforms — and efforts to reduce excessive sentencing or expand parole ...

COVINGTON, LA, UNITED STATES, March 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The parole system in Louisiana remains one of the most debated aspects of criminal justice, with ...

Every time, I chose to go to the dungeon.” U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, of Louisiana, wasn’t interested in the topic of prison reform, but rather what led Winn there in the first place. Kennedy ...

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.

Adult prison time is more likely. There are often fewer rehabilitation services. After years working to find common-sense criminal justice reform, Louisiana's conservatives, moderates ...

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