Prisoners at Angola must receive special precautions on the 'farm line' in extreme heat above 88 degrees, Judge Brian Jackson ruled. Louisiana increased 'heat alert' thresholds to 91 degrees.

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State prison inmate takes own life . the Associated Press Feb 3, 2004 Feb 3, 2004; 0; Convicted murderer Rodney Sattler, shown here in May 1995, committed suicide in his cell early Monday, ...

The video shows his arrival at Red Onion State Prison from Wallens Ridge State Prison on Nov. 21, where he allegedly assaulted a staff member earlier that day. According to the IAHR email, Mr.

DOC released updated mugshots of 4 recaptured inmates from the Orleans jailbreak, now housed at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

An inmate has been found guilty of a violent murder inside a state prison in Cumberland County. Bruce Duette, 45, was accused of killing Martin Sanchez one day before the victim was to be released ...

A condemned inmate was stabbed to death at North Kern State Prison on Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Kern County coroner's office.

An inmate at Georgia's Hancock State Prison has died after officials say he was stabbed multiple times with a homemade weapon in the prison yard. Hancock County Coroner Dontrelle Andrews told the ...

At the time of the escape from the New Orleans jail, Leo Tate was one of dozens of inmates marked “ready” for transports to state prisons by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and ...

A 22-year-old inmate named for the late John F. Kennedy escaped from Peru's most crowded prison, ... and in 2022 the U.S. State Department noted that the U.S. "has rated Peru at a critically high ...

Three staff members at a state prison were seriously injured after being assaulted by an inmate, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said.On Thursday, an inmate at the Tecumseh State ...

A 36-year-old Nebraska man is accused of sexually assaulting a fellow inmate at a state prison in Lincoln in 2023.