An event planned months ago by St. Catherine of Siena Parish’s prison outreach ministry gained momentum in the aftermath of recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana.

The world's largest immigration detention system is on the cusp of explosive growth as President Donald Trump pursues his ...

The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of Corrections Officer Colton Davis on criminal charges related to his conduct while employed at a Bossier Parish Correctional Facility.

Neil Duhon blames archdiocese for allowing his rapist, Father Lawrence Hecker, to prey on children throughout his career ...

In legal filings, Murrill claims that the policy — which the state characterizes as a so-called “sanctuary city” policy — is in direct conflict with a newly passed state law that requires state and ...

The victim's loved ones stormed out of a Baton Rouge courtroom as a judge ordered yet another delay in the trial.

The wildest show in the South returns at the Louisiana’s Angola Prison with spring shows set for April. Rodeo action starts at 2 p.m. on April 26 and 27, attracting thousands of people to watch ...

Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is “modern-day slavery.” Advocates say inmates work under dangerous conditions for ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once ... the court granted an order requiring the state to change the Farm Line ...

Hoffman, 46, was put to death at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola for the 1996 killing of 28-year-old Mary "Molly" Elliot, and his death marks the first time nitrogen gas was used as an ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas ... Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the nitrogen gas had ...