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A new rule slashed how much prisons can charge for phone calls. Louisiana is challenging it.
The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state ...
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 ...
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State finalizes drug protocol to allow death sentences to be carried out
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated protocol that allows for ...
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This Louisiana woman earned a degree after 27 years in prison. It ‘felt like a miracle.’
While she was serving her sentence in the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, she took advantage of several ...
Rapides DA obtains death warrant for death row inmate
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Rapides Parish District Attorney Phillip Terrell has obtained a death warrant for death row inmate Larry Roy. Governor Jeff Landry announced on Monday the Department of Public ...