Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is ...

Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night ... and the many people that live and work inside the prison ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

After weeks of legal maneuvers to delay Jessie Hoffman's execution, including a last-minute appeal denial from the U.S.

On Tuesday evening, March 18, the state of Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr., putting him to death with nitrogen gas.

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's attorneys have been arguing that he shouldn't be executed by the controversial and largely ...

It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.