Editor’s note: This is a letter from an inmate at Ouachita Parish Correctional Center. Dear Editor; There have been a number of unreported happenings at OCC. There have been a lot of stabbing here at Ouachita Correctional Center, because a…
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Prisoner asks DA to review juvenile conviction
Editor’s note:The Free Press provides subscriptions to Angola inmates for $1 a year. Letters published have not be fact-checked. It gives them a way to communicate with the outside world. Dear Editor; My name is Anthony Stokes, and I’m imprisoned…
Student jailed for bringing loaded pistol on Richwood campus
A Richwood High School student was arrested Monday, October 25th, after school security guards discovered a loaded .40 caliber pistol in his bookbag. Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrested Chris Gilbert, 18, of 1410 Sycamore Street, Monday on charges…
The Have and Have nots are two different justice systems
Editor’s Note: The Free Press removes the police report of any person who requests it, Have or Have not. The notice is printed on the police page in every edition. Any citizens, rich or poor can have the arrest omitted…
Thank you for spotlighting our young entrepreneurs
Dear Editor, Kudos. The full page color focus of young adults in NELA has been impressive and impactful. Their positive actions should encourage others to do positive things. Keep up the good work! Ms. Marion Miller
Suspended attorney’s wife says complaining client is a con-artist
Note: The following was submitted by Dana Jefferson. Although it requests a retraction from the Free Press, we stand behind our story. Dear Editor; I am writing you today in reference to an article you recently published regarding the awards…
Kobe’s death was like a death in the family
Dear Editor, I am caught off guard. A death of someone I did not know personally but the death felt like family. Not a distant relative but more the sadness and despondence and emptiness you feel when you lose a…