A dramatic drop in paroles reflects 2024 changes that tightened eligibility and eliminated discretionary release for many incarcerated people.

Nuisance Bear will head to True/False fresh from winning the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary at Sundance. It will be joined at T/F by To Hold a Mountain, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World ...

The state parole board freed 185 prisoners during Landry’s tenure, compared with 858 in the two years before he took office.

Landry’s approach represents a fundamental shift away from the original intent of Louisiana's parole system, said defense attorneys, former inmates and civil rights lawyers.

Another inmate, 43-year-old Melvin Lopez, is accused of fatally stabbing Jonathan Robertson. He was booked on a murder count ...

Melvin Lopez, 43, was arrested by the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office in connection with the death of Jonathan ...

Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at Angola Prison in Louisiana for a dance that bridges years of separation — ...

A former Angola prisoner recounts years of forced field labor under extreme heat as a federal class-action lawsuit challenges ...

A 35-year-old inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary is dead after allegedly being stabbed by another inmate during a fight.

For a rodeo built around spectacle and scale, the idea that most captured the imagination of Hondo Rodeo Fest’s founders during their early planning for New Orleans came from a place few outsiders ...

A federal judge said a case challenging conditions on a Louisiana prison work assignment can move forward as a class action, opening the door for the lawsuit to impact thousands of incarcerated people ...