incarceration

A court hearing in Baton Rouge provided a rare window into working conditions on Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line," which prisoners are challenging.

A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.

Two Louisiana senators are raising questions about why Louisiana’s youth prison system banned at-home visits for incarcerated minors for holidays including Christmas, Thanksgiving, Mardi Gras and St. Patrick’s Day.

Girls returned to Ware Youth Center after being transferred elsewhere last year.

Author John Bardes discusses how Louisiana’s complicated history with mass incarceration began with imprisonment being used as a tool against enslaved people.

The report’s findings help shed light on the use of criminal laws informed by the idea of fetal personhood, a legal premise gaining traction in the South.

The traveling exhibit includes artwork, letters and audio from people incarcerated on Alabama’s death row.

On today’s episode, we speak with 17-year-old Alex Brock about his journey from being born deaf in Ukraine to playing high school football in Louisiana. We also learn about a nonprofit group working to help incarcerated parents play an active role in their kids’ lives from behind bars.

The program aims to teach the art of political influence and policymaking to formerly incarcerated people and their loved ones.

Kat Stromquist speaks with author Lydia Pelot-Hobbs to discuss the history of Louisiana’s mass incarceration problem and efforts to push back against it.