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Many LA state workers have out-of-state addresses
A special investigation has uncovered more than 1,000 Louisiana state employees who collect full pay and benefits, despite the fact that they have out-of-state addresses.
Freeman of Speech: Let Angola inmates grow marijuana, not golf courses
Perhaps no venue provokes as much fear as "The Farm," except maybe Death Valley.
"For those who live out their lives there, Angola is the world. Eighteen thousand acres of land elbow out into the brown current of the Mississippi.
Undercover sting nets seven with online ad
West Feliciana Parish deputies issued misdemeanor summonses to seven people, including a Louisiana State Penitentiary assistant warden, during an undercover operation earlier this month to investigate suspects attempting to hire a prostitute.
The arts on campus reflect Loyola's social justice values
The Jesuit tradition pervades through every facet of Loyola, and the arts are no exception.
Panel to study delays in criminal appeals
No executions are scheduled at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where 81 men are on death row.
Angola 3' performance gives strong message
Loyola had the honor of continuing the dialogue surrounding the Angola Three by presenting a play that has been considered by state funded schools as being too controversial.
Supermax chaplain ensures death with dignity for prisoners
WARREN : No one should have to die alone and everyone should have the right to die with dignity.
Teaching prisoners the meaning of forgiveness
A Virginia based minister carried her message to Louisiana this weekend. Ruth Graham, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, was invited by Angola Warden Burl Cain.
Ruth Graham, daughter of famed evangelist Billy Graham and a minister in her own right, was unable to speak as she left Louisiana's death row - moved by the men she had met and prayed with and the stories of wasted lives and reclaimed faith she'd heard.
To serve the people: Angola 3 celebrates common cause with Common Ground
We are not surprised that Malik Rahim is being hailed as one of the heroes of Hurricane Katrina.
Obama's open door...Protest in Washington...Casualties in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama has told a health-reform rally in Minneapolis that his "door is always open" to those who have serious proposals to offer.
Hundreds search rugged Louisiana hills for escapee
Sat Sep 12, 6:39 pm ET ANGOLA, La. Hundreds of law enforcement officers - some on horseback, with bloodhounds or in boats - are searching Louisiana 's rugged Tunica Hills for an escaped killer.
Search goes on for escaped Angola inmate convicted of Jefferson Parish murder
West Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies John Thompson, left, and Grant Parker search vehicles coming from the direction of Wilkinson County, Miss., on Pinckneyville Road during a search for an escaped Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate Thursday near Tunica, La.
Closing in on escaped Angola inmate
The Angola chase team is still combing the Tunica Hills Thursday night, hoping to find an escaped inmate missing since 11 o'clock Thursday morning.
Jefferson Parish murder convict escapes from Angola
Henry Smith escaped while picking up litter on the Angola prison grounds. A Louisiana State Penitentiary chase team is following a trail in the Tunica Hills Thursday for an inmate believed to have escaped from his assigned job of picking up litter on the grounds of the maximum-security prison at Angola.
La. state agencies offer ideas to cut costs
As state agencies work to cut costs, every idea is on the table. They include eliminating airplanes, state cars and employee cell phones; hiring a contractor to process fingerprints for the state police; dropping state support for a Christmas tree recycling program; and closing three state-run ferries in south Louisiana.
Louisiana Landscape and Milestones
Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham dedicated a new chapel recently that is designed to meet the spiritual needs of guards and staff on the grounds of Louisiana's Angola Prison.
Isolating witnesses not always simple task
When a key witness in a high-profile capital murder trial testified this week that the suspect called her from prison to offer her a bribe to clear his name, it underscored the difficulty prosecutors face in protecting witnesses.
Isolating witnesses not always simple task
When a key witness in a high-profile capital murder trial testified this week that the suspect called her from prison to offer her a bribe to clear his name, it underscored the difficulty prosecutors face in protecting witnesses.