Melvin Lopez, 43, was arrested by the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office in connection with the death of Jonathan ...

Another inmate, 43-year-old Melvin Lopez, is accused of fatally stabbing Jonathan Robertson. He was booked on a murder count ...

The state parole board freed 185 prisoners during Landry’s tenure, compared with 858 in the two years before he took office. Hundreds who would have been released under previous governors remain ...

A federal judge said a case challenging conditions on a Louisiana prison work assignment can move forward as a class action, opening the door for the lawsuit to impact thousands of incarcerated people ...

For a rodeo built around spectacle and scale, the idea that most captured the imagination of Hondo Rodeo Fest’s founders during their early planning for New Orleans came from a place few outsiders ...

Davionte Allen was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for the 2020 death of his 3-month-old son. Allen pleaded no contest to second-degree reckless homicide and child neglect after admitting he ...

WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - An Angola prison corrections sergeant has been arrested after a search led to the discovery of three cell phones in her vehicle, which were deemed to be contraband, ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Several inmates suspected of making and distributing drugs at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center have been transferred to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, according to ...

The Angola Prison Rodeo, known as "The Wildest Show in the South," will return April 18-19, 2026. Events include inmate-made arts and crafts, live music and traditional rodeo competitions like bull ...

A federal judge certified a class action lawsuit for incarcerated men at Louisiana State Penitentiary. The lawsuit alleges that forced farm labor conditions are unconstitutional and violate the ...

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