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A St. Tammany Parish judge has scheduled a condemned killer to be executed March 18, the day after another man convicted for ...
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A new rule slashed how much prisons can charge for phone calls. Louisiana is challenging it.
The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state ...
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Louisiana trooper accused of domestic violence placed on administrative leave, released on bond
A lieutenant with the Louisiana State Police is in jail after the Baton Rouge Police Department responded to an off-duty ...
Louisiana State Police Lieutenant arrested
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Sacramento inmate at Pelican Bay one of three charged in stabbing attack on prison guard
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A new rule slashed how much prisons can charge for phone calls. Louisiana is challenging it.
The state, some prison phone companies and the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, a powerful lobbying group with major sway in state criminal justice policy, argue the new rules are arbitrary.