Federal judge Brian A. Jackson certified the prison labor case as a class action in late December. A lawsuit alleges the "farm line" violates the Eighth Amendment rights of people working there and ...

A federal judge has ordered the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections to keep heat safety measures in place another 90 days for field workers at the Louisiana State Prison at Angola. U ...

Last week, U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson extended protections through mid-August for the Farm Line, incarcerated men working in extreme heat at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. “It is ...

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The Louisiana State Penitentiary (commonly known as Angola), which sits on the site of a former slave plantation, has long forced incarcerated people, primarily Black men, to work on its prison farm ...

A panel of appellate judges listened to arguments Monday challenging the injunction a federal district judge imposed earlier this year to improve heat protections on the “Farm Line” at Louisiana State ...

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‘Survivor’ contestant and PE teacher goes on the show with a stutter. This is his message to his students ...