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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.

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

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

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 ...

(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 ...

The yellow glare from prison floodlights obscures the camera’s view as it bobs along, following a state prison guard as he jogs toward a scrum of fellow officers grappling with an inmate along a ...

Franklin Curlin, case manager at the Erie City Mission, works daily to ensure basic needs of clients are met to help them ...