Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at ...

The order would help the prison reopen notorious 'Camp J,' once one of the most restrictive segments of Angola.

Jason Momoa Shaves His Beard for the First Time in 6 Years—and Looks So Different Mom Worried If New Rescue Dog Had ‘Bonded’ ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Governor Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency to fast-track urgent repairs at Camp J, a ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared an emergency to make repairs possible for the Camp J unit at the Louisiana State ...

The executive order, effective from July 25 through Aug. 23, suspends procurement and bidding rules to allow swift repairs to ...

Men incarcerated within Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola want relief from the prison’s extreme heat and overcrowding.

Longtime death row prisoner Jimmie Duncan, whose 27-year-old murder conviction was vacated this spring, will have to wait a ...

Chief Judge Shelly Dick dismissed the lawsuit in early July, nearly three years after parents moved to stop the state's plans.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Nearly 10 weeks after what Gov. Jeff Landry called the largest jailbreak in Louisiana history, nine of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. • As summer approaches in Louisiana, prison officials insist that ice, fans and cold showers are enough to protect death-row inmates from dangerous heat and humidity.

June 27, 2008 -- An ongoing legal battle in Louisiana could result in the overturning of a murder conviction that sent a prisoner there to solitary confinement for 36 years. A judge recently ...