The Angolite, the inmate edited prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, La., became, while inmate ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Read full article: Woman dies after becoming unresponsive in her bed at Columbia County jail, sheriff’s office says Minimal rainfall expected over the next few days. Read full article: Relief ...

Louisiana is in the midst of a deadly and growing outbreak of whooping cough. So far, two babies have died, and pediatricians have been urging the public to check their vaccine status and get ...

ANGOLA, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - A section of the Louisiana State Penitentiary undergoing emergency repairs is being used to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, Gov. Jeff Landry ...

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 ...

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

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s attorney general is insisting on a third trial for the last of the “Angola Three,” calling the prison activist who spent decades in solitary confinement after the ...

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