Longtime warden of Angola prison in Louisiana to resign
The longtime warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the state's largest prison and keeper of death row, is resigning amid questions raised by a newspaper about his private real estate dealings.
On Wednesday, Warden Burl Cain said he was stepping down on Jan. 1. In a television interview, he said the decision was "devastating."
In the interview with WAFB-TV, he also reportedly brushed off charges of possible wrongdoing in real estate dealings outlined against him by The Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge in November. That portion of the interview was to be aired later Wednesday evening, WAFB said.
Cain - a Republican and considered one of the state's most powerful figures - has run the maximum-security prison, commonly known as Angola, since 1995.
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