BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill issued a joint statement Saturday after the Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Louisiana and the state’s Department of Public Safety ...

DOJ alleges that since at least 2012, more than a quarter of the people due to be released from Louisiana prisons have instead been held past their release dates. DOJ warned Louisiana officials last year that the state could face a lawsuit if it didn't fix the problems,

Louisiana's prisons often hold inmates long after they were supposed to be released following the completion of their sentences, the DOJ says.

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences. That is according to a lawsuit filed Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice.