Since prisoners challenged conditions on the Farm Line, state officials have implemented policies making them even worse, ...

The mixed feelings generated by Louisiana’s resurrection of capital punishment stemmed largely from association. Prisoners with no connection to the 56 condemned men went about their business. But ...

"As someone who taught high school students in Louisiana and who has worked for years trying to safely reduce incarceration rates and prevent violence, I’m particularly alarmed by Amendment 3," writes ...

State and district school officials argue that they’ve complied with a 2015 federal civil-rights judgment. But lawyers representing students who still aren’t getting adequate special ed services say ...

Council members say they feel beholden to the November agreement that they’d forged with the school board. And though the ...

State and district school officials argue that they’ve complied with a 2015 federal civil-rights judgment. But lawyers representing students who still aren’t getting adequate special ed services say ...

As voters head to the polls today to vote on four constitutional amendments, some Lens contributors - two schoolteachers and ...

"Accountability isn’t about punishment for punishment’s sake—it’s about helping someone take responsibility and change," says Saints standout Malcolm Jenkins, urging a "no" vote on Amendment 3. "It’s ...