3 h. ago Louisiana inmates on the run after removing concrete and using sheets in jailbreak

Three-person escape is second for state in a year, after 10 people crawled through a wall at a different prisonTwo inmates accused of violent crimes, including second-degree attempted murder, are on the run after escaping from a south-western Louisiana jail on Wednesday by removing pieces of a deteriorating interior wall and using sheets to scale another outside wall, officials said.A third inmate who joined in the breakout died by suicide after he was tracked down. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Sheriff hunting for the last of 3 inmates who escaped from a Louisiana jail

Authorities are hunting for the last of three inmates who escaped from a Louisiana jail after removing concrete blocks from a deteriorating wall

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18 h. ago Louisiana inmates on the run after escaping by breaking through degrading jail wall

Officials in Louisiana say two inmates accused of violent crimes are on the run after escaping from jail by removing pieces of a wall and using sheets to scale a wall

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9 d. ago Louisiana man who spent 30 years on death row freed on bail after conviction overturned

A Louisiana death row inmate spent 30 years behind bars before his conviction was overturned allowing him to walk free on bail.

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9 d. ago Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row is out on bail

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3 w. ago Louisiana prison guards cut a Rastafari inmate's dreadlocks. Supreme Court will decide if he can sue

The Supreme Court is wrestling with whether a former Louisiana inmate can sue prison officials who shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs

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