Louisiana’s prison system needs to be more meticulous when it makes changes to sentences for good behavior and other credits, according to a new report the state legislative auditor released Monday.

County justice officials and state legislators say sentence computation reviews resulted in ‘time-served credit’ being applied incorrectly; two sex offenders and a drunk driver released earlier than ...

The state agency that oversees Louisiana's prisons has failed to properly track inmate release dates, a just-released legislative audit says. The legislative audit report describes what auditors say ...

As both the U.S. Department of Justice and federal judges blast Louisiana's Department of Corrections for holding inmates after they are done serving their sentence, Louisiana auditors have found the ...

BOSTON — The state prisons department is overhauling the system it uses for tracking sentences following revelations that 14 inmates were confined even after their sentences had been completed, ...

It is hard to think of anything better for desert than key lime pie, but maybe $40,000 would do the trick. That was dessert in the "gifting tables' that Jill Platt and Donna Bello were involved in. Ms ...

Justice Sec. Raul Gonzalez on Tuesday said the government is ready to face former Rep. Romeo Jalosjos' threat to sue over his prolonged stay at the national penitentiary even with a supposed release ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections has quietly reexamined the sentences of the vast majority of the state’s prisoners after a court ruling this summer, sometimes shaving years off a prisoner’s time ...