Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular ...

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

Louisiana prisons and the phone companies they contract with have gotten a reprieve from slashing the cost of calls to inmates after the Federal Communications Commission postponed a rule it issued ...

Jermery Lamar Attle, a registered sex offender with violent tendencies, is wanted by the Louisiana State Department of Public ...

Family members of Alexis Cardenas, Jaleen Anderson, Evan Lee and Erik Carlson confronted Gonzalez in Austin after he attended a Texas Commission on Jail Standards meeting.

This information was initially collected as individual-level data by state reporting agencies and sent to the Bureau of ...

A Louisiana man who admitted on live television to murdering a woman and her young daughter pleaded guilty to federal charges ...

Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been ...

Two women accused of aiding in the Orleans jail escape are set to be arraigned. One fugitive, Derrick Groves, remains on the ...

A woman who was arrested and accused of helping three escaped inmates in New Orleans was in court Thursday where she entered a plea. Daishanae Massey is accused of helping escaped inmates Antoine ...

L.A. County supervisors say they're open to the idea of a receiver taking over control of the troubled juvenile halls. But ...

An inmate currently on trial for homicide allegedly used her phone to convince a witness to change their testimony, the ...