Prison

Louisiana officials say around two dozen juvenile inmates at a troubled detention center won’t be moved to the notorious state penitentiary at Angola until at least the middle of next month.

A former Mississippi police officer who a prosecutor says abused his position of authority to prey on a young girl has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to statutory rape.

The Department of Corrections (DOC) has rescinded a boil water advisory it issued last Thursday for Louisiana State Penitentiary.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.

United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that four men have been sentenced for their involvement in the theft of 32 firearms from a gun dealer in Maurice, Louisiana.

The trial in the case of State of Louisiana v. Terry Lynn Leonard began Monday, May 2, 2022, in the Ouachita Parish Courthouse.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C) continues its hunt for a fugitive who escaped from Dixon Correctional Institute on Thanksgiving morning. The Department has reason to believe the escapee is no longer in the Baton Rouge area and has called off its local manhunt and is focusing regionally for the wanted inmate.

BATON ROUGE, La. – A joint Elayn Hunt Correctional Center-Iberville Parish Sheriff's investigation landed a prison correctional officer in jail today.…

An early morning fire destroyed a woodshop work area and significantly damaged a trusty dorm at Louisiana State Penitentiary. The fire broke out around 1…

A former Louisiana prison warden and his ex-wife have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a corruption scheme.The Alexandria Town Talk reports…

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