Louisiana prisons

In just a matter of months, Gov. Jeff Landry plans to reopen a Baton Rouge-area youth prison shuttered a little over a decade ago with support at the time from Democrats and Republicans.

Louisiana senators are pressing state officials for information about the leadership of a controversial juvenile justice facility the state is using as its youth girls prison again.

In a special lawmaking session focused on tax policy, Louisiana lawmakers are also quietly moving legislation that could lead to more underage youth being sent to adult prisons.

Prisons, jails, and youth detention centers across Louisiana are seeing an increase in ‘unnatural’ deaths caused by drug overdoses, suicide, and violence.

On today’s episode of Louisiana Considered: a program that helps those sentenced to life in prison tell their stories, the history of the Angola Prison Rodeo, and a comparison between bullfighting and hurricane season from essayist Ed Cullen.

Kevin Kane, President of the Pelican Institute for Public Policy, discusses Louisiana's burgeoning prison population.Author Joe Henry talks about his…