Parish President Kenny Havard said he's glad interest in the facility has spurred the state government to begin repairs at ...

Kristi Noem recently said she was having conversations with other Republican governors about opening facilities in their ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at ...

State of Emergency issued for Louisiana State Penitentiary ‘See You in Court’: Fox News Suffers Another Legal Blow The ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Governor Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency to fast-track urgent repairs at Camp J, a ...

Louisiana considers using an unused Angola prison wing to detain immigrants, sparking safety and human rights concerns.

The review panel listened to more than an hour of arguments by attorneys from both sides. No decision was made.

John Brady Balfa is serving a sentence of life imprisonment at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, having been convicted of ...

Lester Duhé, spokesperson for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, confirmed to USA TODAY that the nine men pleaded not ...

A 20-foot-tall guard tower from the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola, is joining the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.

Bobby Sneed, a 74-year-old inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, was granted parole and scheduled to be released in March after serving 47 years behind bars. But he was never set free.