At Nottoway Correctional Center, the outlook was bleak. Two nurses at the all-male state prison staffed a day shift meant to be staffed by eight. Emergency medical requests from inmates were ...

He received eight years in state prison from Judge Thomas Leone — five years for the Class D felony and another three for second-degree attempted rape (a Class E felony). That will be followed ...

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

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to continue investing in the New York State Fair with $35 million for the fairgrounds in her 2025-26 budget proposal. The funding will support capital projects at the ...

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 ...

The Baton Rouge Police Department will save roughly $50,000 annually after disbanding its mounted division, which had been ...

"You can tell when she's having a day" Chatman said, "I get ready to put a saddle on her and she can give me this little look ...

Joseph Paul Edwards was ordered to spend 20 years in state prison during a hearing Thursday inside the 19th Judicial District ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — In a recent meeting with lawmakers, Department of Corrections Executive Director Steven Harpe advocated for an agency that has endured withering criticism recently. Violence in ...

The Illinois State Police drug interdiction team has made ... The charge is a Class X felony under Illinois law that carries a prison sentence of 15 to 60 years. Guillen also is charged with ...

This story was originally published by the Louisiana Illuminator. Aside from a boil water advisory in Lafayette, most of the state’s public utilities fared relatively well Tuesday as a historic ...