Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women News

In "The Life of Jesus Christ," a play starring Louisiana inmates, convicted murder Sandra Starr portrays the woman caught in adultery - a sinner publicly humiliated and threatened with execution, until Jesus tells her accusers, "Let him who has no sin cast the first stone." In "Cast the First Stone," a new 93-minute documentary that goes behind the ... (more)

Corrections officials say the state will rely on Baton Rouge-area hospitals to provide emergency care for prisoners with the closure of LSU's Earl K. Long Medical Center.

The state will rely on Baton Rouge-area hospitals to provide emergency care for prisoners with the closure of LSU's Earl K. Long Medical Center, according to plans provided by state corrections officials.

A 33-year-old woman, who escaped from the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in early January, is back in Louisiana and behind bars, Pam Laborde, communications director for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections said Thursday evening.

Keana Barnes, the convicted killer who broke out of the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in January, hitched a ride to New Orleans with four people shortly after her escape from the St.