Louisiana is notorious for a trifecta of compounding barriers to effectuate the rights of immigrants: conservative courts, ...

A man indicted in the grisly murders of a Louisiana mother and her daughter has been found competent to stand trial.

A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge.

Ishmael Petty, 56, will face trial for allegedly murdering cocaine dealer LaMarcus Hillard, 40, about 9.15am on September 19, 2020, inside ADX Florence.

He needed to help support his family in deeply segregated Mississippi and turned to ... Black people account for nearly two-thirds of Louisiana’s prison population, more than double their ...

Runoff from that rain is just now surging through the lowest portion of the Mississippi River and will lead to moderate to high flood levels in some areas, including Baton Rouge, La. It may take ...

Fourteen of the 20 largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in the United States are in Louisiana, Mississippi and ... are operated by private prison companies — hold ...

art and poetry by men incarcerated at the Mississippi State Penitentiary -- best known as Parchman Farm -- is shedding light on one of the country's most notorious prison units. For The Gulf ...

according to the Mississippi outlet Natchez Democrat. “Yet, Mr. Biden commuted the federal death sentence imposed on Mr. Sanders to a sentence of life in prison choosing to spare the life of a ...

Sending detainees to remote, often privately run immigration detention centers in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi has emerged ... 2017 closed several state-run prisons, leaving open facilities ...

A man convicted of murder and sentenced to death in two states is scheduled to be executed on May 15. Here's what to know.

Tellis was living in Monroe, Louisiana, where he becomes a suspect ... For now, Tellis is in a Mississippi prison, serving a five-year sentence for an unrelated crime. He is expected to be ...