Louisiana Department of Corrections

A Louisiana State Penitentiary investigation intercepted an attempt to smuggle contraband by a corrections cadet at the prison Wednesday. West Feliciana…

Seven employees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary have resigned following a criminal investigation into contraband smuggling and inappropriate…

The Louisiana Department of Corrections is investigating whether a sheriff had a state inmate perform yard work at his private home.Agency spokesman Ken…

Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC) investigators at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola arrested a visitor in a shakedown late Saturday…

A seven year old policy barring inmates from talking to the media about their cases has been lifted by the Louisiana Department of Corrections after a…

A lawsuit has been filed by the MacArthur Justice Center, a non-profit civil rights legal organization, on behalf of two Orleans Parish Inmates who were…