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2026 Press Releases
- 5.8.26 David Wade Correctional Center Staff and Inmate Population to Package more than 100,000 Meals for Children Overseas
- 5.4.26 Gov. Jeff Landry Proclaims Correctional Security Officers and Employees Week
- 4.24.26 Raymond Laborde Correctional Center to Host Annual Arts & Crafts Expo
- 4.15.26 Community Invited to National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Outreach Event in Baker
- 4.13.26 Angola to Host 60th Spring Rodeo April 18-19
- 4.7.26 Louisiana Agencies to Host Statewide Second Chance Events in April
- 3.27.26 Dixon Correctional Institute Celebrates 50th Anniversary
- 3.27.26 Department Implements Updated Media Inquiry Process
- 3.24.26 Raymond Laborde Correctional Center Held Graduation Ceremony
- 3.18.26 Dixon Correctional Institute to Host Spring Arts & Crafts Show
- 3.13.26 Options for Family and Friends to Send Inmates Money
- 3.13.26 Delivery Driver Arrested at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center for Contraband
- 2.5.26 Department Announces Several Key Appointments
- 2.4.26 Malfeasance in Office Leads to Elayn Hunt Correctional Center Employee Arrests
- 2.4.26 Confirmed Death at Louisiana State Penitentiary
- 1.30.26 Media Advisory re Department to Hold Press Conference
- 1.29.26 New Probation and Parole Officers to Graduate Longstanding Academy
- 1.21.26 Women’s Correctional Facility Host Chapel Dedication Ceremony
- 1.20.26 Contraband Search Operation at Multiple Correctional Facilities
- 1.12.26 Incarcerated Women Earn Seminary Degrees
- 1.5.26 Visitor at Dixon Correctional Institute Arrested
- 1.5.26 Former Louisiana State Penitentiary Employee Arrested
2025 Press Releases
- 12.30.25 Visitation at Dixon Correctional Institute Ends with Arrests
- 12.19.25 Probation and Parole Assistant Director Graduates from FBI National Academy
- 12.19.25 Department Shares 2026 Spring Angola Rodeo Dates
- 11.07.25 Rayburn Correctional Center Inmate Sentenced to 60 Years for Various Charges
- 10.31.25 Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women Held Graduation Ceremony
- 10.29.25 Rayburn Correctional Center to Host First Fall Arts & Crafts Show
- 10.17.25 Correctional Facility to Host Annual Fall Arts & Crafts Show
- 10.3.25 Department Issues Helpful Information on Correctional Facility Visitation
- 10.1.25 Department Recognizes October as Clergy Appreciation Month
- 9.30.25 Annual Ceremony Culminates National Recovery Month
- 9.29.25 Probation and Parole Leader Selected for National FBI Training
- 9.22.25 Departmental Statement Regarding Louisiana Lockup
- 9.19.25 Two Correctional Publications Received Historic National Awards
- 8.28.25 Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women Opening Ceremony
- 7.25.25 Ticket Sales for Angola Prison Rodeo Begins
- 7.18.25 Longtime Undersecretary Thomas Bickham to Retire
- 7.18.25 Correctional Professionals Honored at Annual Training Conference
- 7.16.25 Rayburn Correctional Center Contraband Arrest
- 6.23.25 Raymond Laborde Correctional Center Warden Promotion - Brent Thompson
- 5.20.25 Department Update on Orleans Parish Jailbreak
- 5.5.25 Correctional Professionals Week 2025 Proclamation
- 4.23.25 DCI Warden Promotion - Keithe Turner
- 3.20.25 Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame Inductees 2025
- 3.18.25 Jessie Hoffman Execution Completion
- 3.14.25 Jessie Hoffman Execution Announcement (Update)
- 3.3.25 Jessie Hoffman Execution Announcement
- 2.23.25 Louisiana State Penitentiary Inmate Death
- 2.20.25 Probation & Parole Class 48 Graduation
2024 Press Releases
- 12.23.24 Southern Correctional Center Inmate Death
- 12.17.24 Angola Spring Rodeo Announcement
- 10.28.24 Warden Vannoy Hired at Louisiana State Penitentiary
- 10.4.24 Elayn Hunt Correctional Center Suicide Investigation
- 9.26.24 Warden Removed from Elayn Hunt Correctional Center
- 9.16.24 Elayn Hunt Correctional Center Death Investigation (Update)
- 9.15.24 Elayn Hunt Correctional Center Death Investigation
- 8.30.24 Operation Summer Heat Warrants and Arrests
- 8.9.24 Officer Arrested for Relationship with Inmate at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center
- 8.5.24 Angola Fall Rodeo Announcement
- 7.9.24 Louisiana State Penitentiary Escape Attempt
- 6.14.24 Probation & Parole Class 47 News Release
- 6.13.24 Probation & Parole Class 47 Announcement
- 5.31.24 Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame 2024 Announcement
- 4.18.24 David Wade Correctional Center Inmate Captured After Escape
- 4.4.24 Baton Rouge Probation & Parole Warrant Sweep
- 4.3.24 Louisiana State Penitentiary Murder Investigation
- 3.4.24 Louisiana State Penitentiary Spring Rodeo Announcement
2023 Press Releases
- 9.8.23 Angola Fall Rodeo Announcement
- 8.15.23 Probation & Parole Class 46 News Release
- 8.14.23 Probation & Parole Class 46 Graduation Announcement
- 7.13.23 David Wade Correctional Center Deputy Warden Promoted to Warden
- 6.28.23 DOC Introduces Department's Interactive Data Webpage
- 3.16.23 Dixon Correctional Institute Hosts Spring Arts & Crafts Show
- 3.3.23 Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame Announces 2023 Honorees
- 2.17.23 Tickets Now on Sale for Spring Angola Prison Rodeo
- 2.13.23 Louisiana State Penitentiary Inmate Death
- 1.27.23 Louisiana State Penitentiary Inmate Death
2022 Press Releases
- 12.29.22 Louisiana DOC Hosts 2nd Chance Clothing Drive
- 12.21.22 Probation and Parole Academy Class #45 Graduates
- 12.20.22 MEDIA ADVISORY: Probation and Parole Academy to Graduate 19 Officers
- 11.1.22 Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Reports Cybersecurity Incident
- 9.1.22 Construction of State's New Women's Prison is Underway
- 8.19.22 DOC Names New Elayn Hunt Correctional Center Warden
- 8.19.22 Angola Prison Rodeo Set for October
- 8.15.22 DOC Rescinds Boil Water Advisory at Prison
- 8.11.22 Louisiana State Penitentiary Under a Precautionary Boil Water Advisory
- 6.14.22 Elayn Hunt Correctional Center Officer Booked With Malfeasance in Office and Injuring Public Records
- 6.10.22 Elayn Hunt Correctional Center Warden Kirt Guerin Arrested and Ticketed for DWI Following a Crash in a State Vehicle
- 4.21.22 Angola Prison Rodeo SOLD OUT!
- 4.21.22 A Multi-Agency Manhunt is Underway for a Union Parish DOC Escaped Inmate who Killed a Co-Worker Today
- 4.18.22 Louisiana State Penitentiary Officer Booked With Malfeasance in Office in Alleged Use of Excessive Force
- 3.17.22 Angola Prison Rodeo Returns in April
- 3.17.22 DPS&C Reinstates Contact Visitation at Louisiana's State-Run Prisons
- 2.22.22 DPS&C Reinstates Non-Contact Visitation at Louisiana's State-Run Prisons
- 2.21.22 Freedom Reads Libraries Open in Two Louisiana Prisons
- 1.27.22 Evacuated Inmates to Return to Raymond Laborde Correctional Center
- 1.5.22 DOC Suspends Visitation at Louisiana's State-Run Prisons
2021 Press Releases
- 12.6.21 Department of Public Safety & Corrections Announces New Warden
- 12.2.21 DOC Continues Aggressive Crackdown on Contraband With Massive Early Morning Shakedown at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center
- 12.1.21 MEDIA ADVISORY: Freedom Rides to Surprise Formerly Incarcerated Individual With a New Car
- 11.29.21 Dixon Correctional Institute Fugitive In Custody
- 11.27.21 Local Manhunt for Dixon Correctional Institute Fugitive Called Off
- 11.25.21 A Multi-Agency Manhunt is Underway for a DCI Escaped Inmate
- 10.22.21 Louisiana State Penitentiary Hosts Fall Arts & Crafts Show
- 10.15.21 DPS&C Reinstates Visitation at Louisiana's State-Run Prisons
- 9.1.21 Raymond Laborde Correctional Center Warden Named National Warden of the Year
2020 Press Releases
- 3.21.20 DOC Employees Test Positive for COVID-19
- 3.17.20 DOC Reinstates Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden
- 3.13.20 Pardon/Parole Board Suspend Hearings
- 3.12.20 DOC Suspends Visitation
- 3.12.20 Inmate Organizations' Donation
- 3.11.20 Museum Donation Advisory
- 3.10.20 LSP Internal Investigation - Vannoy
- 2.24.20 Hunt Sgt. Aikens Arrested
- 2.12.20 Distinguished Civilian Service Medal - Warden Hooper
- 2.10.20 Angola Arrest Kieosha Smith
- 1.05.20 Angola Death - Major Jones
2019 Press Releases
- 12.25.19 Angola Suicide Attempt - UPDATE
- 12.20.19 Women's Christmas Concert
- 12.22.19 Angola Suicide Attempt
- 12.10.19 P&P 42 Graduation News Release
- 12.9.19 Angola Arrest - Body Scanner
- 12.6.19 P & P Graduation Advisory
- 12.1.19 Angola Arrest - Body Scanner
- 11.20.19 2019 Clements Award - Secretary Le Blanc
- 11.01.19 LSP Arrest - Contraband - Diodelda Anderson
- 10.31.19 ACA Reaccreditation
- 10.23.19 Orleans P&P Bust
- 9.25.19 EHCC Arrest - Adrian T. King
- 9.10.19 DWCC Lightening Strike - Injuries UPDATE
- 9.9.19 DWCC Lightening Strike - Injuries
- 8.27.19 P&P Officer Arrested Inappropriate Relationship - Corey Quebedeaux
- 8.26.19 HQ Walkoff - Grant Bailey, Jr. -CAPTURED
- 8.26.19 HQ Walkoff - Grant Bailey, Jr.
- 6.14.19 LSP Arrest -Employee Contraband - Allen
- 5.16.19 P & P Graduation Advisory
- 5.9.19 2019 Rodli Award - Michael Moore
- 4.9.19 EHCC Contraband Bust
- 3.26.19 ACA P&P Reaccreditation
- 3.26.19 ACA P&P Reaccreditation
- 3.15.19 Angola Arrests
2018 Press Releases
2017 Press Releases
- 3.16.17 State Task Force to Release Plan to Shed Louisiana's #1 Imprisonment Ranking
- 3.01.17 Department of Health and Department of Corrections Team Up to Provide Health Care Coverage for Newly Released Offenders
- 1.24.17 Louisiana's State Prisons Attain PREA Compliance
- 1.23.17 DPS&C Employee Named National "Warden of the Year"