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A new rule slashed how much prisons can charge for phone calls. Louisiana is challenging it.
The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state ...
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After 15 years without executions, Louisiana ready to resume them using gas, Jeff Landry says
Louisiana has approved a protocol for executions by nitrogen hypoxia, which will allow death sentences to be carried out ...
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Louisiana prison reform
A federal court in Louisiana found in favor of a class of inmates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, who have argued since 1992 that the prison’s medical and psychiatric health care is so ...
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Stabbing death reported at Louisiana prison
(KTAL/KMSS) – A dispute that resulted in an inmate’s death is under investigation at a Louisiana state prison, according to the Department of Corrections. DOC Director of Communications Ken ...
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State finalizes drug protocol to allow death sentences to be carried out
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented ... to uphold the promises made to victims of our state’s most violent crimes; but that failure of ...
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry poised to resume death penalty executions
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said crime victims and their families have waited too long for justice in the form of death penalty executions.
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Darrel Vannoy to return as warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary, DOC says
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Darrel Vannoy will serve as warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary after the current warden, ...
Minors in Louisiana could be sent to adult prison for a growing list of crimes
An influential Louisiana lawmaker will push for minors to be sent to adult prison for a slew of new crimes such as fentanyl ...