Prison Capital News Today

A new collection of essays from academics and activists devoted to prison abolition focuses on the quiet but rapid expansion of the carceral system in small towns and municipalities.

How oil money turned Louisiana into the prison capital of the world.

 

Edwards, whose term ends on Jan 8. 2024, campaigned to reduce the state's prison population and is attempting to see some results in his final weeks in office.

A series of events in the 1970s led to the state's penal system becoming intertwined with the swings of its oil economy.