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

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

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

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

A South Carolina A Police Officer is thankful to be alive after collapsing from fentanyl exposure, and the whole thing was ...

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

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

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

Longtime death row prisoner Jimmie Duncan, whose 27-year-old murder conviction was vacated this spring, will soon find out if ...

In a new memoir called "Jailhouse Lawyer," New Orleans native Calvin Duncan chronicles his remarkable evolution as an ...

Lester Duhé, spokesperson for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, confirmed to USA TODAY that the nine men pleaded not ...