That difficulty was part of the reason Louisiana lawmakers legalized the use of nitrogen gas and the electric chair as ...

The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state ...

Louisiana moved detained children from the infamous Angola prison to an adult lockup in Jackson Parish. They say the abuse ...

The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state prisons—the rate may now be, at most, 6 cents a minute. That is expected to ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Rapides Parish District Attorney Phillip Terrell has obtained a death warrant for death row inmate Larry Roy. Governor Jeff Landry announced on Monday the Department of Public ...

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated protocol that allows for ...

Louisiana has adopted nitrogen hypoxia as a new execution method, following Alabama’s lead. Gov. Landry says it’s time for capital punishment cases to move forward after years of appeals.

An influential Louisiana lawmaker will push for minors to be sent to adult prison for a slew of new crimes such as fentanyl ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Among the stops on a tour Wednesday of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls was a group shower, a location which the state Department of Corrections ...

Louisiana corrections officials have drafted and approved a new policy to allow the state to restart executing death row ...