A prisoners' rights group is challenging the constitutionality of an agricultural labor program at Louisiana's notorious ...

An inmate, Anthony Craig, 48, died unexpectedly at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, and an autopsy has been ...

The Angolite, the inmate edited prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, La., became, while inmate ...

Louisiana Lockup is replacing Forida's Alligator Alcatraz as President Trump sends immigrants to the state's notorious Angola prison as part of the president's deportation escalation. Alligator ...

Every Sunday in October and one weekend in April, dozens of inmates in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola volunteer to ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - On Wednesday (Sept. 3), Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem toured a formerly unused section of Angola Prison ...

Every April and October, the Louisiana State Penitentiary hosts the last remaining prison rodeo in the nation. Brining ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Governor Jeff Landry and members of the Trump administration unveiled a new ICE detention facility inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The refurbished section, ...

In his second term, President Donald Trump has searched far and wide for a fearsome prison to call his own. He sent immigrant detainees to the Guantánamo Bay Navy base in early February and floated ...

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.

Each year, the Louisiana State Penitentiary holds its Angola Prison Rodeo, which has been hosted annually since 1965. The rodeo features inmates who have volunteered to compete in events, as well as a ...