Stories from formerly incarcerated Louisianans during Second Chance Month reveal the emotional and practical challenges of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prison and jail overcrowding is a persistent issue in the U.S., the country having one of the highest incarceration rates in the ...

The latest version Louisiana’s proposed budget for the next fiscal cycle would boost spending for a wide range of criminal justice and law enforcement entities, including prisons, juvenile jails, ...

BATON ROUGE – In 2016, Louisiana faced a $2 billion budget gap, and lawmakers decided they could no longer afford to lock so many people up. But in 2024, after a nationwide crime spike during the ...

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has reported 18 inmate deaths at the Louisiana State Penitentiary so far this year, due to natural causes, undetermined causes, and ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (LSU Manship School News Service) – In 2016, Louisiana faced a $2 billion budget gap, and lawmakers decided they could no longer afford to lock so many people up. But in 2024, after a ...

Just two years after Louisiana lawmakers enacted a slate of misguided “tough‑on‑crime” measures, the consequences are ...

The legislation gives millions of additional dollars to prisons following a rise in the state inmate population, and it ...

In 2002, Basile was charged alongside Shannon Touchet and Ronald Benson for the murder of Ronald Shaw, 52, after the trio drove from Lake Charles to Youngsville in a plan to rob the oil executive's ...

The U.S. has the highest national incarceration rate, yet Louisiana's regional incarceration rate is higher, making the state the world's 'prison capital.' ...