Detroit Lakes woman Jackie Shroyer sentenced in Angola for husband's murder; convicted as mastermind, leaving five children ...

A prisoners' rights group is challenging the constitutionality of an agricultural labor program at Louisiana's notorious ...

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

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (Valley News Live) - A Detroit Lakes woman faces prison time in Angola after being convicted of hiring ...

Every April and October, the Louisiana State Penitentiary hosts the last remaining prison rodeo in the nation. Brining visitors from as far as Denmark, it's a major economic driver for the region.

Jackie Shroyer was reportedly in a romantic relationship with one of the men who took part in her husband’s murder ...

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

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

Every Sunday in October and one weekend in April, dozens of inmates in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola volunteer to participate in its prison rodeo, the last remaining in the country. Always ...

Dooney & Bourke knockoff purses and stainless steel crosses line a long row of picnic tables at the Angola Prison Rodeo craft sale. The artisans wait close behind in a parallel craggy row, separated ...

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

Flush button for the toilet (2013.26.2.3.1) of cell no. 3 from Camp A at Angola prison. The button is attached to a pipe that was embedded into the wall of the cell and connected to the prison’s ...