While forecast snowfall varied from state to state, accumulations between 8 and 14 inches, and higher amounts were expected in Wyoming's Snowy Range. The service said that outdoor recreation could ...

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.

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.

The move could affect plans to execute two prisoners in March. "This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution ...

Louisiana senators are pressing state officials for information about the leadership of a controversial juvenile justice ...

Only a short 30-minute drive south from New Orleans, Bayou Segnette State Park is situated on 600 acres of mingled marsh and ...

One of his ideas is to replace Mike Durfee with a new prison on state land in the Yankton area, relying on the Jameson Annex in Sioux Falls to provide maximum-security beds. Gov. Rhoden bristled ...

(WBAY) - Governor Evers announced on Sunday a $500 million plan for the Department of Corrections that includes ... Institution turned into a state-of-the-art medium security, vocational village ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using nitrogen gas as the execution method, the state's ...

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 ...