Two years after Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers voted to lengthen dozens of prison sentences for criminal convictions, ...

Lafayette inmate Harold Brooks died in Angola after an altercation with officers. Sheriff Spillman says a cardiac event is ...

MAGA world is yet again trying to market a prison where it will lock up people targeted by the president’s bigoted anti-immigrant crackdown. First, there was “Alligator Alcatraz,” the facility in the ...

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 ...

“Today we're here at this legendary Angola prison to announce an agreement between the United States of America and the great state of Louisiana. There has never been an agreement like this one before ...

Read full article: Driverless Waymo taxis could begin commercial service in Orlando soon A crash has I-4 in Volusia County shut down ANGOLA, La. – Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious ...

ANGOLA, La. — A section of Louisiana’s most notorious prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, has a new name and purpose. The former "Camp J" is now called "Louisiana Lockup," a U.S.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Four former Angola Prison supervisory correctional officers were sentenced Thursday for assaulting a shackled and handcuffed inmate who was not resisting. The officers, 43 ...

Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at Angola Prison in Louisiana for a dance that bridges years of separation — ...

Program notes by Harry Oster on container; additional notes and lyrics ([23] p.) inserted. Performer(s): Work songs; various performers. Production notes: Recorded at the Louisiana State Penitentiary ...