LOUISIANA (KPEL) — Following the recent jailbreak in New Orleans, a new law has been proposed to protect victims. Derrick ...

Authorities announced that a fourth inmate has been apprehended after escaping from a New Orleans jail on Friday with 6 other ...

A bill that requires victim notification in the event of a jail escape breezed out of the Louisiana legislature this week.

Sepulvado had been housed at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, the largest maximum-security lockup in the United States and the site of the nation’s longest-running prison rodeo.

The decision marks the second time within a year a federal judge has ordered corrections officials to boost heat precautions ...

Authorities have arrested a former New Orleans jail employee and accused her of aiding in a 10-inmate escape at the facility ...

Derrick Groves is among 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center on May 16, according to Louisiana State Police ...

The sheriff's office did not clarify whether Johnson will be held at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Johnson and another inmate, Trevon Wallace, were able to escape the jail after an ...

Williams told ABC News that Alison Morgado, chief of Victims Witness Support for the DA’s office, reached out to the alleged victim on Friday but the number they had on file was out of service. The DA ...

A report from the Prison Policy Initiative says Louisiana’s political map gives unfair influence to residents in districts ...