Louisiana State Penitentiary News

The Choctaw called it Long River. Basinkeeper Dean Wilson calls it River of Trees.

NEW ORLEANS, LA: Today the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections filed a settlement securing the right of prisoner Donald Lee Leger to practice his Catholic faith by participating in Catholic Mass and Confession.

The state and the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana have filed an agreement in federal court that will allow a death-row inmate at Angola to practice his Catholic faith.

Dr. Lorrie Metzler Has anyone forgotten Derrick Todd Lee, the 2004 convicted Serial Killer? Lynne Marino, the outspoken mother of slain victim Pam Kenamore, certainly has not.

A golf course tucked among 18,000 acres in Louisiana's scenic Tunica Hills would seem an ideal vacation getaway if it was not on the grounds of the sprawling state penitentiary.

Jun 29, 2009 7:56 am US/Eastern 1 of 1 Inmates sit together as they prepare for the start of the Angola Prison Rodeo at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on April 23, 2006, in Angola, La.

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the only prison in the U.S. with a golf course inside its prison walls, has captured the attention of the Golf Channel.

A federal judge in Shreveport recently dropped two defendants from a lawsuit filed by a Leesville man who is seeking compensation for the nearly 26 years he spent in a state prison for a crime he did not commit.

Inmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary listen to a speaker during their May 20 graduation ceremony from the bachelor's degree programs offered by New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

When "The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison" was released in 1997, this compelling film was acclaimed by the New York Times and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

The filmmaker behind the acclaimed documentary 'The Farm' returns to Angola for a sequel Sunday, June 14, 2009 Dave Walker Documentary filmmaker Jonathan Stack never intended 1997's "The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison" to be his "Seven Up," but that seems to be what it quickly became.

The Associated Press: Mississippi State Penitentiary inmate Michael Anthony Wilson shakes the hand of Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's Christian Ministry program in Parchman, Miss.

The Tour de France Penitentiaire is not the first unusual activity employed to keep prisoners active and developing Luke Leitch Hundreds of inmates at a Filipino prison became instant internet celebrities two years ago after footage was posted on YouTube of their unusual exercise regime: mass dance routines .

A TALK by a leading figure from the US prison network to Scottish business leaders has been cancelled after heated protests were made to event organisers.

There's a cell block at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola reserved for Felton Dorsey, and on Thursday, a Caddo Parish jury handed him a one-way ticket to join the other death-row inmates at the prison.

PARCHMAN - For the 28 men who were awarded their bachelor's degree in Christian Ministry on May 20 at a ceremony in western Mississippi, the decision to pursue higher education did not come without risks.

THE man who cleaned up one of America's most notorious prisons is to give the secrets of his success to entrepreneurs in Edinburgh next month.

For the 28 men who were awarded their bachelor's degree in Christian Ministry on Wednesday at a ceremony in western Mississippi, the decision to pursue higher education did not come without risks.

An Afternoon Focus on Hospice: A panel of representatives from such groups as Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and Seasons Grief and Loss Center will share information on support services for terminal illnesses on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Only on Saturday, visitors also can view works by children who have ...

GRAMBLING - Gov. Bobby Jindal will deliver the spring commencement address at Grambling State University at 10 a.m., Saturday in the GSU Assembly Center.