The event will feature musical performances, arts and crafts booths, and rodeo events like bust out, bareback riding, wild ...

Discover the gripping story of Gary Tyler in 'Stitching Freedom' - a tale of racism, resilience, and finding hope behind bars ...

WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Tickets are now on sale for the annual spring Angola Prison Rodeo in West Feliciana ...

ANGOLA, La. — A section of Louisiana’s most notorious prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, has a new name and purpose. The former "Camp J" is now called "Louisiana Lockup," a U.S.

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at Louisiana State Penitentiary. His proclamation allows state officials to ...

“Today we're here at this legendary Angola prison to announce an agreement between the United States of America and the great state of Louisiana. There has never been an agreement like this one before ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola must again take special precautions to protect inmates who work in the prison's fields during high ...

In and out of juvenile detention since age 11, Curtis Tassin earned the jailhouse nickname “Houdini” after three bold escapes from three different lockups. But those brazen breakouts were just the ...

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BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry announced the opening of a new facility called Camp 47 that will house the “worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested by ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once again asking a federal judge to order heat protections before the upcoming summer. The ...

MAGA world is yet again trying to market a prison where it will lock up people targeted by the president’s bigoted anti-immigrant crackdown. First, there was “Alligator Alcatraz,” the facility in the ...