A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s execution protocol as the state prepares to carry out the death penalty using nitrogen gas in the coming weeks.

It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...

In 1956, the Legislature moved all executions to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, according to the prison's website. But in 1972, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling known as Gregg v.

Angolan TikToker Ana da Silva Miguel, known as Neth Nahara, was released from prison following a presidential pardon granted ...

Innocence Project New Orleans is a founding member of the Innocence Network, which works to free the innocent and rectify ...

An ex-trade finance executive at the firm, who can't be named under Swiss reporting restrictions, was handed a two-year ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio on Wednesday about finding "a peaceful end ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - South Dakota’s four-year process to address the state’s correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men’s prison on 160 acres of ...

As conflict continues to escalate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Catholic Church in Angola has signaled its ...

She became the only woman in the state to run a county penitentiary that day when she was sworn in at a ceremony at the Jamesville Correctional Facility. If you purchase a product or register for ...

At least 200 acres of land inside the boundaries of the Wind River Reservation are also earmarked to provide revenue for corrections. Grist has identified nearly 2 million acres of state trust lands — ...