Four immigrant men held inside “Camp 57,” a recently opened federal immigration lockup located at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, were released from the facility to rejoin their families ...

A scheme run out of an Angola jail cell led to the murder of a prominent Biloxi couple and the downfall of a local mayor.

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola became a state-run prison in 1901 when Louisiana purchased the former slave ...

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 Department of Homeland (DHS) slammed a federal judge in Louisiana Wednesday for ordering the release of four illegal ...

President Donald Trump has issued a posthumous pardon to LSU legend Billy Cannon, who served federal prison time in the 1980s for counterfeiting ...

Curfews and court rules shape Carnival for thousands in New Orleans who are on probation or parole, or who find themselves self-isolating after the trauma of doing time.

Cannon led LSU to a national championship and won the Heisman trophy, but served two and a half years in prison for a ...

Federal judge releases four convicted illegal immigrants including those guilty of murder and child sex crimes, sparking Trump administration outrage.

A federal judge in Louisiana has released four illegal immigrants with serious criminal records — including convictions for murder and ...

FILE - Congolese Defense Forces soldiers and United Nation forces patrol the area of an attack near the town of Oicha, 30 kms ...