EPPS, La. (KNOE 8 News) - At least 20 Department of Corrections officers conducted a major shakedown at the West Carroll Detention Center near Epps, Louisiana, looking for contraband. In addition, prisoners were tested for drugs. The center is operated by Emerald Prison Enterprises.
School buses were brought to the facility and used to transport prisoners testing positive for drugs or found to have contraband, to Hunt Correctional in the southern part of the state.
At Noon Thursday, two buses had been backed up to the facility a number of prisoners, as many as 50, had been moved into an area where they could be put on the buses and taken to Angola.
This is the second facility owned by Emerald to go through a shakedown. The last one was in August of this year at the Riverbend Detention Center where approximately half of the prison population was moved to Angola.
Saturday, May 25 2013 1:48 PM EDT2013-05-25 17:48:48 GMT
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - University of Louisiana at Monroe Police are searching for a suspect in a residential burglary in the 4100 block of Bon Aire Drive.
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - University of Louisiana at Monroe Police are searching for a suspect in a residential burglary in the 4100 block of Bon Aire Drive.
Friday, May 24 2013 6:40 PM EDT2013-05-24 22:40:16 GMT
RIVER RIDGE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.
RIVER RIDGE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.
Friday, May 24 2013 10:47 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:47:06 GMT
MOREHOUSE PARISH, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A search is underway for an inmate who escaped from Morehouse Parish.25-year-old Christopher Allen Jones walked away from a work detail on Friday afternoon. Neighboring
MOREHOUSE PARISH, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A search is underway for an inmate who escaped from Morehouse Parish.
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A Monroe lawmaker is pushing a bill to allow Louisiana's public school students to pray before and after school and even invite religious leaders on campus? Our Nolan Crane explains.
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A Monroe lawmaker is pushing a bill to allow Louisiana's public school students to pray before and after school and even invite religious leaders on campus? Our Nolan Crane explains.
West Carroll Detention Center: by April Dovorany
West Carroll Detention Center: by April Dovorany
West Carroll Detention Center: by April Dovorany
West Carroll Detention Center: by April Dovorany
