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Since prisoners challenged conditions on the Farm Line, state officials have implemented policies making them even worse, ...
Thank you for your excellent reporting on the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18 by the state of Louisiana at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I have been visiting Angola for over ...
Thank you for your excellent reporting on the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18 by the state of Louisiana at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I have been visiting Angola for over ...
Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is “modern-day slavery.” Advocates say inmates work under dangerous conditions for ...
The New Orleans City Council took a symbolic stand Thursday against job discrimination based on workers' felony conviction ...
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Angola Prison Rodeo returns with spring shows
The wildest show in the south returns at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola with spring shows on Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27 in St. Francisville.
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once ... the court granted an order requiring the state to change the Farm Line ...
The wildest show in the South returns at the Louisiana’s Angola Prison with spring shows set for April. Rodeo action starts at 2 p.m. on April 26 and 27, attracting thousands of people to watch ...
The victim's loved ones stormed out of a Baton Rouge courtroom as a judge ordered yet another delay in the trial.
Neil Duhon blames archdiocese for allowing his rapist, Father Lawrence Hecker, to prey on children throughout his career ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The WAFB I-TEAM learned ... “Warden Tim Hooper originally planned to retire from Louisiana State Penitentiary at the beginning of this year, but delayed his retirement ...