The Prison Litigation Reform Act was passed to curtail the number of lawsuits filed by inmates over conditions behind bars.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear why a decades-old law to limit lawsuits from inmates is thwarting attempts to improve ...

America’s largest maximum-security prison, known as Angola, sits on 18,000 acres ... taken some steps to improve conditions, providing inmates with sunscreen and pop-up tents for shade, lawyers ...

As daily temperatures hit record highs across much of the South, a federal judge has taken an unusual step, challenging the ...

Climate change is exacerbating the danger. But no prisoners are sentenced “to swelter to death in a confined space,” a civil ...

Bloomberg Businessweek cast a national spotlight on Louisiana on Tuesday as it detailed treatment of prisoners jailed in the state in a feature about modern legalized slavery in the U.S. and some ...

At least two states will vote this fall on whether to end forced labor for prisoners. Advocates have their sights set on a ...

A 2015 lawsuit by inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and a federal judge’s opinion last year detailed evidence of extensive failures in the prison’s medical care.

America’s largest maximum-security prison, known as Angola, sits on 18,000 acres ... taken some steps to improve conditions, providing inmates with sunscreen and pop-up tents for shade, lawyers ...

prison guards ride horses that were broken by inmates as they return from farm work detail at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. In September, several incarcerated workers along with ...