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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The ACLU of Louisiana demands transparency, including the release of video footage, as the ...

The gospel music flickers into range around mile 17 on the Tunica Trace, a trail formerly used by the Tunica Native American tribe paved into a 20-mile highway in West Feliciana Parish. As hundreds of ...

Ian Cazenave was an inmate at Louisiana State Penitentiary, more commonly known as Angola, when one day, he felt an intense stabbing pain in his back, stomach and knees. Cazenave was born with sickle ...

Dooney & Bourke knockoff purses and stainless steel crosses line a long row of picnic tables at the Angola Prison Rodeo craft sale. The artisans wait close behind in a parallel craggy row, separated ...

Because of decades of high-stress and deficient healthcare, a 59-year-old in prison has a ‘geriatric morbidity’ equal to a 75 ...

For the first time ever, a daddy-daughter dance was hosted at Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as the infamous Angola Prison. The fathers, who had not seen their daughters in years, stood in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Advocacy groups involved in a federal lawsuit over prison labor at Angola held a press conference in Baton Rouge. The Promise of Justice Initiative and Rights ...

WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Tickets are now on sale for the annual spring Angola Prison Rodeo in West Feliciana Parish. The rodeo is set for April 18 and April 19, with gates to the arena set ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The ACLU of Louisiana demands transparency, including the release of video footage, as the death of a 37-year-old Angola Prison inmate is being investigated. The ...