Louisiana State Penitentiary News

A second former officer at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola was charged Wednesday in Baton Rouge by federal prosecutors pursuing an alleged cover-up of an inmate beating.

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola historically has been one of the most dangerous maximum-security prisons in the United States.

Over the objections of a prosecutor, the last defendant awaiting trial in the 1999 beating death of a Louisiana State Penitentiary security guard has won his fourth trial delay.

Over the objections of a prosecutor, the last defendant awaiting trial in the 1999 beating death of a Louisiana State Penitentiary security officer won his fourth trial delay Thursday.

Cathy Fontenot , assistant warden at Louisiana State Penitentiary, spoke to the LSU Faculty and Staff Retirees Club on April 8. Fontenot is a 21-year veteran in corrections at the maximum security prison that houses 6,200 inmates, 97 percent of whom have life sentences.

This thing will go on and on and on. At some point we have to bring this matter to a conclusion so we can go to the next step." Judge June Darensburg Attorneys for Isaiah Doyle , the last convicted killer in Jefferson Parish to receive a death sentence, lost their bid for a new trial Wednesday, after a state judge rejected their arguments that ... (more)

At the urging of District 34 State Senator Francis Thompson , members of the Senate Judiciary C Committee approved two bills aimed at addressing public safety issues.

The judge presiding over the Angola 5 first-degree murder cases is expected to rule by Friday whether to throw out an inmate's statement against the final defendant facing trial in the slaying of a prison security officer more than 13 years ago.

Twenty-one law enforcement officers from five agencies were recognized Wednesday for bringing a conclusion to the case of missing Lafayette woman Mickey Shunick.

Former Biloxi Mayor Pete Halat Jr., who was released from prison a year ago for participating in a 1987 murder plot against a Mississippi Gulf Coast judge and his wife, left a halfway house in Hattiesburg on Wednesday.

Lake Charles police say DNA has linked a man serving life in prison for a rape in 1999 to a double rape seven years earlier.

Domestic abuse survivor Ester Freeman sits with Sen. Bob Kostelka and District Attorney Jerry Jones during the Senate Judiciary C Committee meeting on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

Douglas Whitton stood proudly in front of a display of his most recent paintings, the sounds of a carousel and smells of "deep-fried" Coke nearby.