Federal judge Brian A. Jackson certified the prison labor case as a class action in late December. A lawsuit alleges the ...

After spending years in solitary confinement at Angola’s Camp J, Kiana Calloway now works to expose the lasting psychological ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A former Angola employee was arrested Monday after being accused of having contraband on penitentiary grounds. According to the Louisiana Department of Public ...

An Angola prison corrections sergeant has been arrested after a search led to the discovery of three cell phones in her ...

It costs Louisiana $949,000 a month to house immigrant detainees at its state penitentiary at Angola, and the federal ...

Louisiana is paying — and getting federal reimbursement for — a $949,000 monthly fee to house hundreds of immigration ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said he would prefer to see former Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro executed.

A federal judge this week granted class certification to a group of inmates suing Louisiana prison officials over work conditions on the so-called Farm Line at Angola. That opens up the lawsuit to ...

The Angola Prison Rodeo, known as "The Wildest Show in the South," will return April 18-19, 2026. Events include inmate-made arts and crafts, live music and traditional rodeo competitions like bull ...

Hondo Rodeo Fest is bringing elite rodeo, stadium rock — and a rare Angola Prison Rodeo competition — to the Superdome in ...