Costs for housing prisoners are rising again, fueled by an increase in the prison population and the price of housing ...

A St. James Parish man, who has been imprisoned at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for more than three decades and had his conviction and sentence vacated last year, has had bail set at $1 million.

People in prisons in Louisiana and across the nation say they're not receiving proper medical care. Why are these cases so common?

Two years after Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers voted to lengthen dozens of prison sentences for criminal convictions, the governor’s staff says state incarceration expenses are surging. Landry’s ...

Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday his lawyers announced. He had been given an execution date in March.

A federal judge said a case challenging conditions on a Louisiana prison work assignment can move forward as a class action, opening the door for the lawsuit to impact thousands of incarcerated people ...

Baton Rouge, LA – The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections is announcing the death of a 35-year-old Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP) inmate, Jonathan Robertson on Tuesday, Feb. 3.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Leslie Harris has missed most milestones in his daughter’s life while serving a decades-long sentence in Louisiana for armed robbery and is unlikely to get out before her prom, ...