A Black man died after a beating by the police in 2019. The assault “demonstrated serious failures,” the Justice Department ...

As Louisiana Poet Laureate, Alison Pelegrin, writer in residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, is Louisiana’s acting ...

A man and two women from Shreveport have been sentenced for their involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy which resulted ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Darrel Vannoy will serve as warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary after the current warden, ...

"The State of Louisiana is committed to preserving the constitutional rights of Louisiana citizens." Advocates have repeatedly challenged the conditions in Louisiana's prison system, which ...

The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits, a statewide pattern of misconduct that places the public at “serious risk of harm,” according to a ...

Glen Sullivan Sr., a 54-year-old Springfield, Louisiana man, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison and to be castrated after raping a 14-year-old girl multiple times and getting her pregnant.

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks ... The suit against the state of Louisiana follows a multiyear investigation into what federal officials say is a pattern of “systemic ...

America's most famous prison rodeo returns in 2025 at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola with a new warden who is very familiar with overseeing what's known as the "Wildest Show in the South.

A prison inmate who ran a large-scale sports gambling operation in multiple state prisons has been arrested, Louisiana State Police said. Broderick Scott, 48, of Addis, was allegedly using ...

A new Louisiana law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote went into effect Jan. 1, but so far there’s no ...