Two years after Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers voted to lengthen dozens of prison sentences for criminal convictions, ...

Louisiana’s tough-on-crime sentencing changes are driving a sharp rise in state prison costs, putting new pressure on the budget just two years after Gov. Jeff Landry and lawmakers lengthened dozens ...

Lafayette inmate Harold Brooks died in Angola after an altercation with officers. Sheriff Spillman says a cardiac event is ...

The state parole board freed 185 prisoners during Landry’s tenure, compared with 858 in the two years before he took office. Hundreds who would have been released under previous governors remain ...

The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office said Brooks reportedly armed himself with a weapon and was involved in a fight with officers.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether use of force was a factor in an ...

The Department of Corrections stated after the death, “The death of Harold Brooks, an inmate who was incarcerated at ...

Authorities are investigating after an inmate's death at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on Jan. 24.

An inmate who died the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola Saturday afternoon was maced and subdued by officers before ...

West Feliciana Parish Sheriff Brian Spillman confirmed to the WAFB I-TEAM that his office is investigating a death at Angola over the weekend and whether use of force played a role.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A group of Brazilian women behind bars applied makeup, donned gowns and competed in a singing contest ...

Nathaniel “The Rock” Nixon, a former inmate at both Vermilion Parish Correctional Center and Angola, recently returned to ...