+4 News After turmoil in youth jails, guards from adult prisons respond with use of force authorization By JAMES FINN | Staff writer Jun 22, 2022 Guards from ¶¶Òõh's adult prisons have been called in to quell chaos inside two state-run youth jails — and they have been allowed to carr…
Crime/Police Six years after flood, ¶¶Òõh may finally build a new women's prison. But the cost has exploded. BY JACQUELINE DeROBERTIS and GORDON RUSSELL | Staff writers Jun 20, 2022 Almost six years after Louisian’s only prison for women closed for good in the wake of disastrous flooding around Baton Rouge, the state has …
Crime/Police Elayn Hunt officer arrested, accused of falsifying records after prisoner's suicide By JAMES FINN | Staff writer Jun 14, 2022 Sheriff's deputies arrested an officer at ¶¶Òõh's second-largest prison on Tuesday, the Department of Corrections said, after she falsifie…
+2 News Elayn Hunt warden arrested, suspended for driving high on pain meds, corrections officials say By JAMES FINN | Staff writer Jun 10, 2022 The warden at ¶¶Òõh's second-largest correctional facility has been suspended after he was arrested for driving under the influence of pai…
News New fill rules inch forward in Ascension Parish as concerns remain about their strength, legality BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | dmitchell@theadvocate.com Mar 25, 2019 GONZALES — Facing criticism they've been dragging their feet, Ascension Parish officials are taking early steps to cap the amount of dirt buil…
BR.huntgrad.072818_HS_129 Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUKUpdated Jul 7, 2021 Offender Wade Joseph Jr., right, hands his mother, Brendel Joseph, a tissue during a Transition Program graduation ceremony, Friday, July 27, …
BR.huntgrad.072818_HS_160 Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUKUpdated Jul 7, 2021 Offender Tyrone Epps, left, listens as his father, offender Tyrone Allen, speaks during a Transition Program graduation ceremony, Friday, July…
BR.huntgrad.072818_HS_154 Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUKUpdated Jul 7, 2021 Brendel Joseph, left, listens as her son, offender Wade Joseph, Jr., gives insight into the Transition Program during a graduation ceremony, F…
BR.huntgrad.072818_HS_119 Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUKUpdated Jul 7, 2021 Deputy Warden Perry Stagg, left, poses with offender Jeffery Haydin, who also cooked the meal of the night, during a Transition Program gradua…
BR.huntgrad.072818_HS_098 Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUKUpdated Jul 7, 2021 Guest speaker Michael Phelps of probation and parole speaks during a Transition Program graduation ceremony, Friday, July 27, 2018, at Elayn H…