Corrections officer Cohanskie Goodson faces charges after allegedly using excessive force on an inmate, highlighting concerns ...

Deputies were called to the prison Saturday after 37-year-old Harold Brooks died.

Hamilton County corrections officers named in federal lawsuit over alleged use of force on inmate ...

West Feliciana Parish Sheriff Brian Spillman confirmed to the WAFB I-TEAM that his office is investigating a death at Angola ...

An inmate who died the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola Saturday afternoon was maced and subdued by officers before ...

Correction officers say new state data backs up their long-standing claims about prison safety and the HALT Act. The New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association says figures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Four Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies were arrested and charged in connection with an unauthorized ...

An Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office deputy accused of committing unauthorized use of force against an inmate has been arrested ...

The deputy’s arrest comes less than a week after 4 other deputies were arrested in a separate use-of-force case.

A former Orleans Parish jail deputy is facing felony charges after investigators say he used unauthorized force against an ...

GUYS BY LATE NEXT WEEK? ALL RIGHT, 519 WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM FOR ORLEANS PARISH. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ...

The city's juvenile jails are extremely violent and unsafe, the result of a deeply ingrained culture of violence in which guards routinely violate constitutional rights of teenage inmates and subject ...