We have an update to a story we told you about back last year where a Tyler man was indicted on federal charges that he pretended to be a military war hero to scam money out of investors.
As you most likely already know, Louisiana has a rich and sometimes sordid history. But do you know about the connection between French prisoners and the Bayou State?
It may be hard to believe, but 156 years ago when slavery was officially abolished in the United States by the enactment of the 13th amendment - it didn't catch on everywhere entirely. Some states (like Louisiana) still have wording in their state constitutions that allow for forced labor, which is how we get work farms and lots of other inmate-staffed operations in the state...
There is a fine line between a place so terrible that it serves as a deterrent to a life of crime and an inhumane hole we throw people in to forget about them.