Captive State is a groundbreaking public history project. It’s the first public-facing project to present a three-century ...

On a night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1996, Marcus Cheffen robbed Don Allison at gunpoint, shooting him in the leg and ...

The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully punishing immigration detainees for past crimes by transferring them to a notorious Louisiana prison BATON ROUGE, ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters at a Sept. 3, 2025, news conference at Louisiana State Penitentiary. She was joined by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, ...

An investigation into Caddo Correctional Center reveals that out of several hundred inmate complaints filed in the first half ...

Louisiana officials increased the construction budget this week for a new 80-bed regional jail dedicated exclusively to ...

All 10 fugitives who made a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail in May are back in custody after the last inmate was ...

Louisiana Lockup at Angola Prison houses over 70 violent illegal immigrant criminals including 26 child predators, 20 sex ...

Louisiana boosts funding to $3.5 million for converting Concordia Correctional Facility into an 80-bed center for ...

A New Orleans jail escapee who spent nearly five months on the run before his capture this week in Atlanta has agreed to be ...

A Louisiana man was sentenced to 20 years in State Prison on Wednesday after he got into a wreck while eluding police, which killed a four-year-old. According to ...

ANGOLA, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - A section of the Louisiana State Penitentiary undergoing emergency repairs is being used to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, Gov. Jeff Landry ...