An inmate, Anthony Craig, 48, died unexpectedly at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, and an autopsy has been ...

As young men, Quontos and Layla made a poor decision—reckless, immature, and wrong. But they were not hardened criminals.

The man credited with turning around one of America’s most dangerous prisons had a nearly 90-minute session with South Dakota ...

Every April and October, the Louisiana State Penitentiary hosts the last remaining prison rodeo in the nation. Brining ...

For Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is “legendary.” “This is a facility that’s notorious,” she said, as she stood beside Gov. Jeff Landry to unveil ...

Louisiana’s leaders have decided that Angola, the institution where it imprisons those convicted of the worst crimes, is a fitting place to house the state’s juvenile offenders. These young people, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A federal judge on Friday, Sept. 8, ruled that the state of Louisiana can’t keep minors at Angola. Chief U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick ordered the state to remove minors ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge on Friday ordered that incarcerated youths be removed from a temporary lockup at a former death row building in Louisiana’s adult maximum-security prison by Sept. 15 ...

Officials plan to temporarily move about 25 teenagers from the Bridge City Center for Youth to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola — a move that shows the dire situation inside Louisiana’s ...

Louisiana officials are in talks with the Trump administration about housing immigrant detainees at the State Penitentiary at Angola, part of a push to meet the demands of the U.S. president's ...

Immigration authorities say they did not receive word of a court order blocking the removal of an Alabama father until after ...

>> THIS IS BREAKING NEWS ON WDSU . DARRYL: WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS AT NOON. THE BRIDGE CITY CENTER HAS MOVED ITS FIRST ROUND OF JUVENILE INMATES TO ANGOLA. WDSU INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AUBRY ...