Louisiana State Penitentiary News

For 8.8 seconds, convicted murderer Michael Fasola felt like a free man - courtesy of a 1,600-pound Brahman bull charging down on him.

The familiar voice of George Beverly Shea, still rich at 100 years of age, filled the prison chapel with the old redemption story that radically changes lives.

West Feliciana Parish deputies issued misdemeanor summonses to seven people, including a Louisiana State Penitentiary assistant warden, during an undercover operation earlier this month to investigate suspects attempting to hire a prostitute.

The deep, familiar voice of George Beverly Shea, still rich at 100 years of age, filled the prison chapel in song with the old redemption story that radically changes lives.

The Louisiana State Supreme Court Friday denied an appeal from Herman Wallace, who has been held in solitary confinement for more than 37 years.

In a story published by The Advocate, writer James Minton quotes ailing Bobby Joe Fabian on his move to a Mississippi prison from Louisiana.

Angola 3 Denied Appeal Please note that the remaining Angola 3 Political Prisoners have not only been unjustly imprisoned, but have been inhumanely held in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT for almost four decades, and that Bro.

Two high-profile victims of wrongful imprisonment, including a man who narrowly avoided execution, will be speaking about their experiences and the difficulties they faced in putting their lives back together after their release, at a free public talk next week.

Twenty-seven years might seem like a long time to work in a profession for some people, but for Deputy Randy Freeman, the years he's spent in law enforcement seem to have flown by.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a female death row inmate who said fetal alcohol syndrome should have been considered by the state court that reviewed her sentence.

No executions are scheduled at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where 81 men are on death row.

Loyola had the honor of continuing the dialogue surrounding the Angola Three by presenting a play that has been considered by state funded schools as being too controversial.

The nondescript setting that is Point Lookout Cemetery seems fitting for those who rest here.

Ruth Graham, whoa s a daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, said she was deeply moved after meeting with prisoners on Louisiana's death row last weekend.

WARREN : No one should have to die alone and everyone should have the right to die with dignity.

A Virginia based minister carried her message to Louisiana this weekend. Ruth Graham, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, was invited by Angola Warden Burl Cain.

WHAT type of person could coolly and precisely plan and rehearse the abduction of a stranger? I gained an insight into such a mind when I interviewed Jon Simonis, who is serving 2,527 years in Louisiana State Penitentiary for more than 100 rapes and abductions.

Ruth Graham, daughter of famed evangelist Billy Graham and a minister in her own right, was unable to speak as she left Louisiana's death row - moved by the men she had met and prayed with and the stories of wasted lives and reclaimed faith she'd heard.

Students who attend Tunica Elementary School will be bused Monday to two other West Feliciana Parish schools away from the area where authorities are looking for an escaped Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate , school officials said today .

Warden Burl Cain speaks Monday about the capture of inmate Henry Smith, who escaped Thursday from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.