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Inmates in Orleans Parish Prison continue to experience severe problems with shoddy medical care, violence and a general attitude of apathy toward their grievances.

The U.S. Department of Justice and an inmate advocacy group are pushing the City of New Orleans to put up at least $10.7 million immediately to jump-start implementation of court-ordered changes at the beleaguered Orleans Parish Prison.

Mississippi's pending executions of Michelle Byrom and Charles Crawford—which are not yet scheduled—have mired the state in a controversy over what constitutes "cruel and unusual" in executions.

Lawyers for Michelle Byrom — who was convicted of a murder-for-hire scheme to kill her abusive husband — say the planned injection is unconstitutional.

Two prisoners on Mississippi’s Death Row filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections alleging that the State’s plan to use “compounded” drugs to execute them violates the Constitution.

Michelle Byrom was convicted of capital murder even though her son has repeatedly confessed to killing his father.

Until Monday, Michelle Byrom was set to become the first woman executed by Mississippi in 70 years for a murder her son reportedly confessed to committing.

The state of Illinois has agreed to start providing lawyers for juvenile defendants who face parole revocation hearings as part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit that dubbed the process a "kangaroo court" system that left youths languishing behind bars.

Illinois will implement new rules to help ensure the due-process rights of juveniles in a settlement of a 2012 lawsuit that alleged hundreds of children on parole are illegally detained each year, according to recent federal court filings.

A 10-year “cover-up” by police and prosecutors prevented Nanci Koschman from learning that former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s nephew killed her son, so she should be allowed to sue them, her lawyers said in a court filing Monday.

Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman promised to hire a classification manager and someone to develop new policies and procedures for the city's troubled jail by June 1.

Forty-year-old inmate Willie Lee died at Orleans Parish Prison back in March after getting into a fight with another inmate.

The city unveiled a new plan Thursday for Orleans Parish Prison, but the man who will need to implement it, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman, wasn't there to hear it.

Sheriff Marlin Gusman has touted his new $145 million jail as an antidote to the legacy of dysfunction at Orleans Parish Prison — a game changer that he says will stem rampant violence.

The lead federal monitor overseeing implementation of court-ordered reforms at Orleans Parish Prison told concerned citizens and stakeholders at a public forum that she understood their exasperation with the slow pace of improvement.