While the event has been criticized for its controversial and dangerous events, it also offers a chance for participants to ...

A court hearing in Baton Rouge provided a rare window into working conditions on Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line," ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we dive into the Angola Prison Rodeo. While some see the tradition as an opportunity for ...

It is a fate most people could never imagine: Locked up for decades for a crime you didn’t commit.Now, some state lawmakers - ...

FILE - Vehicles enter at the main security gate at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File) An undated photo provided by The Promise of Justice ...

Branded as the 'South's wildest clash' and marketed as a rehabilitation gem, it unfolds on the sprawling grounds of Angola, Louisiana's state penitentiary, a site stitched together from former ...

While prison officials and Farm Line workers disagree about whether the incarcerated workers have all the shade and water they need, Farm Line workers are asking the judge to reverse DOC’s recent ...

A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge.

On Tuesday afternoon, a small group of execution opponents held a vigil outside the rural southeast Louisiana prison at Angola, where the state’s executions are carried out. Some passed out ...