Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause
Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...
Fighting for the rights of the incarcerated has been her lifelong pursuit
In 2005, while she was a student at Yale Law School, Andrea Armstrong chose a summer internship that brought her to Louisiana ...
WWNO4d
Louisiana to move forward with nitrogen gas executions, Landry says
That difficulty was part of the reason Louisiana lawmakers legalized the use of nitrogen gas and the electric chair as ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana8d
Public invited to weigh in on Indiana State Prison redevelopment
The public is invited to weigh in on the future redevelopment of the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. People can discuss their ideas and preferences for reusing and reimagining the 165-year ...
The Appeal9d
Young People Say They’re Beaten and Maced at Adult Louisiana Jail
Louisiana moved detained children from the infamous Angola prison to an adult lockup in Jackson Parish. They say the abuse ...
katv14d
State senator proposes alternative to halt governor's prison expansion plan
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ark. (KATV) — State Senator Brian King is developing a new project aimed at halting Governor Sarah Sanders' controversial prison expansion project in Franklin County, which he ...
ABC 17 News15d
Missouri now 10th state to offer prison nursery program
Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prison nursery to incarcerated mothers. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center in Vandalia has launched a new program and ...
The Bakersfield Californian16d
CDCR: North Kern State Prison investigating inmate’s death as homicide
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an inmate at North Kern State Prison as a homicide, according to CDCR. Officers were conducting ...
Richmond18d
Virginia prisons 'dangerously understaffed,' consultants find
At Nottoway Correctional Center, the outlook was bleak. Two nurses at the all-male state prison staffed a day shift meant to be staffed by eight. Emergency medical requests from inmates were ...
ANGOP18d
Angola public debt set at AKZ 57.4 trillion in 2025
According to the minister, Angola's debt service has averaged 16 billion US dollars per year over the past three years, with China as the largest creditor. "Debt is a strategic tool for the growth and ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana19d
Michigan City residents suggest options for Indiana State Prison redevelopment
Michigan City residents said they would like to see housing, mixed-use development or more green space at the Indiana State Prison site. The city held the first public meeting last week on how to ...
Indiana Gazette21d
Erie man gets additional state prison time for spitting on a correctional officer
An Erie man who had been serving a three-year sentence in the State Correctional Institution at Pine Grove in White Township for a felony firearms count will be spending up to two more years in a ...