Prison

A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing nearly $109 million from a youth development program for children of military families has received her punishment.

An inmate in the Louisiana State Penitentiary nearly escaped from the facility after allegedly stabbing someone.

A former Louisiana Catholic priest has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for drugging and molesting men he met in New Orlean's French Quarter.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff's Department has probably seen a lot of crazy stuff before, but this one had to be a first for those who saw it.

As you most likely already know, Louisiana has a rich and sometimes sordid history. But do you know about the connection between French prisoners and the Bayou State?

Some estimate that the total bill to air condition all living areas in Louisiana prisons somewhere between $28 million and $60 million.

If you saw the headline a few days ago, you might have felt just like I did. This doesn't smell right and probably won't end well.

The following mugshots are those who were booked in to CCC over the weekend of 2/11/22 through 2/13/22.

Loyola Law has released a report on the data involving inmate deaths in the state of Louisiana.

Prisoners in Angola (once called the deadliest prison in America) still work in the fields that were once tended by slaves

There is a fine line between a place so terrible that it serves as a deterrent to a life of crime and an inhumane hole we throw people in to forget about them.

A lot of inmates receive mail that includes the occasional greeting card decorated with glitter, decorations, and sometimes - drugs.