Longtime death row prisoner Jimmie Duncan, whose 27-year-old murder conviction was vacated this spring, will have to wait a ...

The Angola Prison Rodeo, where inmates compete in different classic cowboy events, is set for several dates in October.

Chief Judge Shelly Dick dismissed the lawsuit in early July, nearly three years after parents moved to stop the state's plans ...

Bobby Sneed, a 74-year-old inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, was granted parole and scheduled to be released in March after serving 47 years behind bars. But he was never set free. He is ...

A prison guard rides a horse alongside prisoners as they return from farm work detail at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., on Aug. 18, 2011. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Jackson ...

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Louisiana’s oldest death row inmate dies 3 weeks before he was to be state’s first execution in 15 years - “Give me a little time,” Christopher Sepulvado’s ex, who also served time for ...

Nine of the ten inmates who have been recaptured, following a May 16 escape from the Orleans Parish Justice Center, are set ...

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