The president has also called for the original Alcatraz—the famed island prison that was turned into a top tourist attraction ...

Parish President Kenny Havard said he's glad interest in the facility has spurred the state government to begin repairs at ...

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to send migrants to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, known as one ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at ...

Louisiana prisons and the phone companies they contract with have gotten a reprieve from slashing the cost of calls to ...

The Trump administration plans to send migrant detainees to one of the country's most violent prisons, according to a new ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Governor Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency to fast-track urgent repairs at Camp J, a ...

Kristi Noem recently said she was having conversations with other Republican governors about opening facilities in their ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared an emergency to make repairs possible for the Camp J unit at the Louisiana State ...

The review panel listened to more than an hour of arguments by attorneys from both sides. No decision was made.

John Brady Balfa is serving a sentence of life imprisonment at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, having been convicted of ...

A 20-foot-tall guard tower from the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola, is joining the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.