By JIM BUTLER

Calvin Giddings, who has previously been in and out of incarceration, faces the prospect of not getting out again.

Giddings, 56, of Deville is charged with first-degree rape. That under current state law is mandatory life if convicted -.no parole, probation or suspension of sentence.

He was booked under $500,000 bail Friday. Authorities have released no information regarding circumstances of the case.

Giddings was last arrested in Rapides in February 2024 on five charges of contempt.

He was arrested the same month by Avoyelles authorities on criminal trespass and theft charges.

Records show several Rapides bookings in 2023, including criminal trespass and contempt, and possession and penal contraband charges in Grant Parish.

In August that year he was placed in custody of the Department of Corrections, apparently stemming from an earlier case.