Director of Corrections for the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center Rob Reardon says each week they collect urine and sometimes blood and saliva from parolees.
According to Capt. Kip Judice with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, 28-year-old Sidney Syon used a lighter to set his sheets and blanket on fire.
The ACLU of Louisiana has sent an open letter to Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mike Neustrom regarding a Muslim woman held at the parish's Correctional Center last year.
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The attorney for a man accused of killing his girlfriend last summer says he will continue to pursue attempts to move the upcoming trial out of Lafayette.