After early release from prison, Kenner dad adjusts to life as a free man
Two weeks into his newfound freedom, Ladd seemed in a daze as he sat next to his daughter, trying to make sense of his five-year odyssey
Orleans judge orders release of father sentenced to 17 years for drugs
At Friday's hearing, Judge Herman told the courtroom she needed to take into account the state's recent criminal justice reforms
A young mother returns to prison despite desire to break the cycle
Shania said by all rights she shouldn't be alive, that she had a lot of close calls, a lot of guns pressed against her head during a time when she spent most of her days robbing people and selling drugs.
How to break the ‘generational curse’ that keeps communities in fear, poverty
"He has these fits of rage where he gets real angry. But we know underneath all of that he's hurting because of his mother and his father's situation," Delone said in an October interview inside Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where he was serving a life sentence for armed robbery.
When parents go to prison, children pay
Ladd, 31, was arrested for possession of half an ounce of marijuana in 2011 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
‘Momma made mistakes,’ so daughter loses her childhood
I didn't have a childhood growing up. I was on an adult line," Sharika said of her early years. "I'm watching sex go on in this room. I'm watching gambling go on in this room. I'm watching dogs fight each other in this room.”
Mom died of cancer, dad in prison: ‘I’m one of the lucky ones’
"I've been through a lot. But you can't fold. You just can't fold, because when you fold that's when you're gonna end up in jail or dead," he said