An inmate who threw feces at two guards at a Washington Parish correctional facility has been sentenced to life in prison, authorities said.

The northshore District Attorney's Office said in a news release Wednesday that Judge William H. Burris of the 22nd Judicial District handed down the sentence Sept. 12. A Washington Parish jury had convicted Porter of battery of a correctional officer following a two-day trial in June.

Porter, who has a long criminal history, was prosecuted as a habitual offender, which led to the life sentence.

Porter, of New Orleans, was in the Rayburn Correctional Center in Angie serving 20 years on convictions for crimes including manslaughter and aggravated second-degree battery out of Orleans Parish, the DA's office said.

The DA's office news release said Po

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