Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Governor Landry announced that the La. Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said crime victims and their families have waited too long for justice in the form of death penalty executions.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has adopted new execution protocols, including the use of nitrogen ...

Robert Brooks, 43, was brutally beaten with his hands tied behind his back by corrections officers while in custody at Marcy Correction Facility on Dec. 9. At the time of the attack, he was serving a ...

The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state ...

A federal judge is expected to rule Tuesday on a request to temporarily block prison officials from transferring three ...

In 1957, after a riot at the MIssouri State Penitentiary left four men dead and 50 wounded, state lawmakers created a bipartisan committee to keep watch over the prison system. The 12 members of ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - All Louisiana State Offices will be closed Tuesday due to the expected winter weather. Road closures and detours can be found in many areas including the 511 phone system ...

According to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the state of Wyoming ... by a female corrections officer, telling her he was bringing her a change of clothing.