The Louisiana parole board in April will rehear the case of the 72-year-old Baton Rouge man central to the 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision on juveniles sentenced to life without parole, granting ...

Craig was a week shy of his 18th birthday in September 1992, when he shot and killed Kipp Earl Gullet at a secluded South ...

For an inmate to be granted parole from the Parole Board they have to partake in educational, literacy and job skills programs among other requirements. Louisiana advances bill to add electric ...

The Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole had legislation filed to try to prohibit audio and visual recordings of its public hearings, a few months after the Department of Public ...

The Louisiana Board for Pardons and Parole has seven members. A rotation of three members sit for parole hearings, and five consider whether to recommend pardons to the governor.

A three-member panel of Louisiana’s parole board granted medical release Wednesday to a quadriplegic prisoner who is currently suing the state over health care conditions at the Louisiana State ...

Between 2019 and 2022, the number of people granted parole by the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee fell 59%, according to a report by the Prison Policy Initiative.

Bobby Sneed, a 74-year-old inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, was granted parole and scheduled to be released in March after serving 47 years ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — At the age of 75, Henry Montgomery is a free man. This was his third time going before a parole board. Deputy Director of the Louisiana Parole Project Kerry Myers… ...

Bobby Sneed had his parole granted a few months ago, after serving nearly 47 years behind bars. The 74-year-old man's release date was set for March 29—an ...

On Friday, Louisiana’s H.B. 138, which would give inmates age 60 and older the right to have a hearing before a parole board to determine whether they could be safely released, heads to the Senate ...

According to the Louisiana Parole Board annual report for 2023, it shows there are significantly higher recidivism rates for people who are released from prison at the end of their sentence rather ...