The Mississippi Department of Corrections opened its newest chapel for inmates. The white church features a tall steeple with ...

As the punishing Mississippi sun baked the grounds of one of America’s most notorious prisons, a wheelchair-bound man was so ...

Yet, until recently, inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola were expected to work harvesting corn, okra and other crops in the prison’s fields with few protections, even as ...

TODAY MARKS EXACTLY FOUR WEEKS SINCE TEN INMATES BUSTED OUT OF THE JAIL IN NEW ORLEANS. ALL BUT TWO HAVE SINCE BEEN ...

The Adams County Board of Supervisors urged Robbie Dollar, county road department manager, to try to tap into inmate help ...

meanwhile, happening now, an all out search for the two remaining inmates who escaped from the orleans parish jail. as leaders are now offering a $50,000 reward to try to bring them back into custody.

JPSO deputies partner with Delgado College for criminal justice degrees and visited Angola prison for educational insights.

During his long stay at the Orleans Parish lockup before he escaped last month, detainee Lenton Vanburen had racked up ...

It has been one month since 10 inmates escaped the Orleans Parish jail, and all but two inmates have been recaptured. Two inmates, Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves, remain on the run. Sign up for our ...

Louisiana had gone more than a decade without any executions. Now, state leaders are ramping up efforts to carry out those sentences for death row inmates.

The father of Dkenan Dennis is glad his son was taken back into custody without incident, but has not heard from Dennis since he was sent to Angola.