The locks at the Orleans Parish jail failed so often that maintenance workers were sent to fix them more than twice a day.

It is unclear how the inmate managed to exit the vehicle or how he was injured. The Louisiana State Police are investigating.

The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with Louisiana officials to send immigrant detainees to the Louisiana State ...

(The Center Square) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry ordered the Louisiana State Police on Friday to investigate Orleans Parish Criminal Court case files which were dumped in a landfill.

Iranian state media have reported that authorities returned a group of inmates to Evin prison which Israel targeted during an airstrike in June.

Former New Orleans police officer and judge Arthur Hunter announced at a news conference on Thursday, Aug. 7, that he is ...

In her first public one-on-one interview since 10 inmates broke out of a city jail just outside downtown New Orleans in May, ...

Two women accused of aiding in the Orleans jail escape are set to be arraigned. One fugitive, Derrick Groves, remains on the ...

A woman who was arrested and accused of helping three escaped inmates in New Orleans was in court Thursday where she entered ...

Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular ...

A Louisiana man who admitted on live television to murdering a woman and her young daughter pleaded guilty to federal charges ...

Officials say a Mississippi couple stole more than $160,000 in Louisiana benefits by concealing where they lived, the fact ...