The four men all have disturbing rap sheets, including previous convictions for attempted murder and child sex crimes, and ...

A team of prison reformists made their final push Tuesday to convince a federal judge to order an end to “degrading and dehiumanizing” labor for field workers on the so-called Farm Line at the state’s ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola became a state-run prison in 1901 when Louisiana purchased the former slave plantation from the family of deceased Confederate Army major Samuel Lawrence ...

The number of inmates in state custody has gone up by about 2,000 in the two years since the Louisiana Legislature passed a ...

Two years after Gov. Jeff Landry and state lawmakers voted to lengthen dozens of prison sentences for criminal convictions, the governor’s staff says state incarceration expenses are surging. Landry’s ...

Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at Angola Prison in Louisiana for a dance that bridges years of separation — hosted by God Behind Bars. Why Congress can't claw back war powers from Trump ...

A federal judge said a case challenging conditions on a Louisiana prison work assignment can move forward as a class action, opening the door for the lawsuit to impact thousands of incarcerated people ...

For a rodeo built around spectacle and scale, the idea that most captured the imagination of Hondo Rodeo Fest’s founders during their early planning for New Orleans came from a place few outsiders ...

WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - An Angola prison corrections sergeant has been arrested after a search led to the discovery of three cell phones in her vehicle, which were deemed to be contraband, ...