Jail

The tax would bring in $2.1 million to $2.3 million a year.

Police Jury President Donald Woods says the sales tax increase would take effect July 1. He says passage of the tax is vital to the future of the parish jail.

Why are we paying tax dollars to educate or entertain criminals at Angola?

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The city of New Orleans will put up $1.88 million this year to pay for extra security and medical personnel and to raise base pay for staff at the city's jail under an agreement announced Monday during a brief hearing in U...

The Bond Commission also approved $9.1 million in future funding, which Police Jury President Donald Woods hopes gets moves up higher and faster on the list of priorities.

The jury is hoping to use $10 million dollars of state money to help build the facility.

All mothers love their sons, but some are more affectionate than others.

Rhondale Willis is alleged to have forced a woman into his car.

The removal of some inmates from DeQuincy's Phelps Correctional Center has begun.

These days everyone is on Facebook. And when we say everyone, we mean EVERYONE. According to KATC's Erin Steuber, two Lafayette Parish inmates have been secretly active on social media for close to a month. This crazy story only gets wilder when you see their pictures taken from inside the cell, and read the statuses they posted while serving time.   ...

Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mike Neustrom joined "Mornings With Ken and Bernie" today to talk with the hosts about his bid for re-election.  Neustrom has been the sheriff for the last 12 years, and he highlights in the interview programs that he wants to continue working on.

A Lake Arthur teenager has been ordered to serve two years of probation and serve 90 days  after she pleaded guilty Sept. 7 in state court to falsely accusing a police officer of raping her.

Three inmates in Iberia Parish have added more time to their stay after they took their jailer hostage early Saturday morning, sparking a standoff with police.

ST. JOSEPH, La. (AP) — A Baton Rouge woman is in custody after she allegedly tried to smuggle marijuana to an inmate at the Tensas Parish Detention Center.