Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.

That difficulty was part of the reason Louisiana lawmakers legalized the use of nitrogen gas and the electric chair as ...

An influential Louisiana lawmaker will push for minors to be sent to adult prison for a slew of new crimes such as fentanyl ...

The state, some prison phone companies and the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, a powerful lobbying group with major sway in state criminal justice policy, argue the new rules are arbitrary.

Mary Ann Godawa. Funded through a grant, the division supplied itself with four horses from the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, where the officers spent weeks training with their new ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced on Monday, February 10, that the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has ...

A Louisiana State Police Lieutenant was arrested by the Baton Rouge Police Department following an off-duty domestic violence ...

Louisiana is poised to resume executions – including via nitrogen gas – after a 15-year pause, the state's Republican ...