-
Creative Commons Photo courtesy of Bart Everson/Recent deaths in prisons across the Gulf South have highlighted issues from staffing to healthcare to climate change. An expert on deaths in custody discusses how they can be prevented. -
Mary Scott Hodgin/The U.S. Treasury said prison construction is a “generally ineligible” use of American Rescue Plan funds, but has not intervened in Alabama's plans.
-
In Louisiana, law enforcement agencies have been accused of targeting Hispanic drivers in traffic stops and identifying them as white on tickets. Misidentification makes it impossible to track racial bias, experts say. -
Henry Montgomery, whose sentencing was the subject of a 2016 Supreme Court case that decided inmates sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for crimes committed as juveniles could have their sentences overturned, has been granted parole, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
-
When Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed leases for two new privately-owned prisons earlier this year, the decision sparked uproar with the public, activists...
-
Last fall, a student told a joke at International High School of New Orleans . It landed him in jail.
-
About 40 people gathered Wednesday evening at a New Orleans Labor Union hall to coordinate voter registration outreach efforts, and to educate people on...
-
The Lafayette theatre shootings last month brought the issues of mental health commitments and gun rights to the forefront once again. In Louisiana,…
-
"These are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes I made and the mistakes that a lot of you guys made," Obama said after meeting with inmates in Oklahoma City.
-
FBI Director James Comey said a bureau employee made a mistake in reviewing Dylann Roof's application to purchase a weapon.
-
The state's high court ruled that gun dealers must exercise the "highest stand of reasonable care" to keep weapons away from felons.
-
How does a promising young cop go from town hero to drug trafficker? A former rogue officer details what led him to the dark side in a region known for corruption.
