These escapes were more than an act, they were a symptom. They signal the breaking point in a system long frayed by injustice ...

For the second consecutive year, a federal judge tells the DOC to provide Farm Line workers with protections from the ...

The recent escape of 10 individuals from the New Orleans Correctional Center has quickly shifted from a public-safety crisis ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

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Optical gas-imaging cameras show plumes of purple and dark blue whenever the instrument detects leaks of methane, a key component of natural gas that is a potent greenhouse gas. These images, from ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — These days, Henry Montgomery, 69, is known as the man of few words who works in a gym at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Josh Carter, 70, worked next to Montgomery for ...

On Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that groups representing residents of majority-Black districts in St. James Parish may proceed with their lawsuit seeking a moratorium on the ...

The St. James Parish Council on Wednesday effectively rejected a bid to allow for industrial development in a neighborhood currently zoned residential, leaving the land’s owner — the South Louisiana ...