As U.S. authorities crack down on immigrants at universities in a fervor against pro-Palestinian protests, they quickly have ...

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

Sheriffs and district attorneys have complained about not having enough places to house young people going through the juvenile court system in Louisiana. Some localities have resorted to sending ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once again asking a federal judge to order heat protections before the upcoming summer.

(Julie O’Donoghue, Louisiana Illuminator) In just a matter of months, Gov. Jeff Landry plans to reopen a Baton Rouge-area youth prison shuttered a little over a decade ago with support at the ...

Louisiana is only waiting for incarcerated adult women currently held at Jetson to be moved into a new women’s prison in St. Gabriel, juvenile justice officials said. Yet reopening Jetson is be ...

(Photo by Julie O'Donoghue/Louisiana Illuminator) In just a matter of months, Gov. Jeff Landry plans to reopen a Baton Rouge-area youth prison shuttered a little over a decade ago with support at ...