In 2002, Basile was charged alongside Shannon Touchet and Ronald Benson for the murder of Ronald Shaw, 52, after the trio drove from Lake Charles to Youngsville in a plan to rob the oil executive's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kentrell Parker, second from left, poses in 2010 with teammates from the East Yard Raiders in a photograph held by his mother.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has reported 18 inmate deaths at the Louisiana State Penitentiary so far this year, due to natural causes, undetermined causes, and ...

Oshay Hicks, 33, was charged with second-degree murder for killing his cellmate, Walter Davis, 37, at the Louisiana State ...

INVESTIGATION. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS NOW IN PLACE OVER A LACK OF BEDS FOR INMATES AT ANGOLA. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLING FOR MORE BEDS TO BE ADDED IN SOME CAMPS. HIS ORDER ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The ACLU of Louisiana demands transparency, including the release of video footage, as the death of a 37-year-old Angola Prison inmate is being investigated. The ...

Read full article: Fighting from the sky: Converted passenger jets drop thousands of gallons of water to battle wildfires ANGOLA, La. – Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana ...

West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard is backing the possibility of housing immigrant detainees at Louisiana's State Penitentiary at Angola. Havard said this week the parish is "ready to do our ...

WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. — Louisiana leaders are in early talks with the Trump administration about using part of the State Penitentiary at Angola to house detained immigrants, according to NOLA.com ...