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 four men all have disturbing rap sheets, including previous convictions for attempted murder and child sex crimes, and ...

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 number of inmates in state custody has gone up by about 2,000 in the two years since the Louisiana Legislature passed a ...

After hard work in the sun on the Farm Line, he’d fall asleep, only to be visited by nightmares, Chadarius Morehead testified ...

The ACLU of Louisiana demands transparency, including the release of video footage, as the death of an Angola Prison inmate ...

Advocacy groups involved in a federal lawsuit over prison labor at Angola held a press conference to discuss dangerous work ...

Advocates are continuing to work against alleged cruel treatment at Angola.