Department of Public Safety and Corrections

The Department of Corrections (DOC) has rescinded a boil water advisory it issued last Thursday for Louisiana State Penitentiary. Over the weekend, contractors made repairs to the prison's water storage tanks and water tests were negative for bacteria, allowing the DOC to lift the advisory.

Louisiana State Penitentiary correctional officers prevented drugs from getting to the prison population on the morning of Friday, July 15.

Some Louisiana inmates struggling with opioid addictions may soon find themselves sporting addiction fighting implants that haven't yet been approved by…

An estimated 19-hundred prisoners will be released today as part of the state’s criminal justice reform legislation enacted this year. The Edwards…

Eight officers at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center have been fired or resigned after being accused of using excessive force on an inmate and…