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

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

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 ...

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.

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

ANGOLA, La. — On a December night in 1991, the man who would later play Jesus committed a string of armed robberies in New Orleans. Ten years later, the woman who would play the Virgin Mary robbed a ...

Nineteen people being held by ICE at Angola State Prison are now on day four of a hunger strike, pushing back against what they describe as harsh and neglectful conditions inside the recently reopened ...

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 ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of ...