Janice Parker walked into the medical ward at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola ... “one of the most dramatic plans to increase prison population I’ve ever seen.” ...

compared each state's prison population in 2021 and 2022 (the latest data available). The analysis showed that the total number of prisoners in the U.S. justice system increased by 2.08 percent ...

At the height of summer, prisoners in the Louisiana State Penitentiary (colloquially known ... are neither confined to one area of the prison nor to those imprisoned there: Guards and staff ...

Janice Parker walked into the medical ward at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola ... “one of the most dramatic plans to increase prison population I’ve ever seen.” ...