A court hearing in Baton Rouge provided a rare window into working conditions on Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line," ...

Chris Duncan’s longtime claims of innocence were boosted by the discrediting of bite mark analysis, and by recent reforms now ...

While prison officials and Farm Line workers disagree about whether the incarcerated workers have all the shade and water ...

Since prisoners challenged conditions on the Farm Line, state officials have implemented policies making them even worse, ...

Branded as the 'South's wildest clash' and marketed as a rehabilitation gem, it unfolds on the sprawling grounds of Angola, Louisiana's state penitentiary, a site stitched together from former ...

The New Orleans City Council took a symbolic stand Thursday against job discrimination based on workers' felony conviction ...

FILE - Vehicles enter at the main security gate at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File) An undated photo provided by The Promise of Justice ...

Anti-death penalty advocates and representatives from many faiths called for an end to executions in Louisiana and wished Jessie Hoffman peace at the moment of death.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced the new College Drive exit ramps from I-10 and I-12 westbound will open this week. Accidental overdoses have surpassed all other ...

Following a Verite News and ProPublica investigation, a district judge vacated the death sentence of Jimmie Duncan, whose ...

On Tuesday afternoon, a small group of execution opponents held a vigil outside the rural southeast Louisiana prison at Angola, where the state’s executions are carried out. Some passed out ...