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Inmate serving life sentence for killing oil executive dies at Angola, death under investigation

An inmate died Tuesday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections ...
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Angola inmate who died was involved in 1998 Youngsville murder of oil executive

In 2002, Basile was charged alongside Shannon Touchet and Ronald Benson for the murder of Ronald Shaw, 52, after the trio ...

I-TEAM: Inmate dies after altercation with Angola guard

Sources said the officers went to restrain the inmate, who was acting out, when he died.

Inmate who died at Angola Tuesday was serving life for Youngsville murder

The inmate who died at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Tuesday was serving a life sentence for a murder in Youngsville in ...

Angola prison sees 18 inmate deaths so far in 2026, officials say

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has reported 18 inmate deaths at the Louisiana State Penitentiary ...
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‘Mishmash of mandates’: Appeals court sides with Angola in class action over medical improvements

A federal appeals court has found that prisoner health care at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola met standards set by the Eighth Amendment,.
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From hobbycraft sales to sponsorships, it’s a bull market every October at Angola’s prison rodeo (copy)

The gospel music flickers into range around mile 17 on the Tunica Trace, a trail formerly used by the Tunica Native American tribe paved into a 20-mile highway in West Feliciana Parish. As hundreds of ...