An Angola prison corrections sergeant has been arrested after a search led to the discovery of three cell phones in her ...

More than two dozen incarcerated men were invited to participate in the father-daughter dance based on good behavior.

West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard said the Angola Prison Rodeo is the community's largest single tourism event.

The Farm Line is a labor detail in which incarcerated men are sent to perform manual agricultural work in prison fields.

Knows America," David Begnaud takes "CBS Mornings" inside Angola State Penitentiary, the largest maximum security prison in ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

The transfers follow a series of deaths at the prison, which is located south of Baton Rouge. Seven inmates have died ...

LaSalle is in turn charged with soup-to-nuts detainee operations, including everything from inmate record-keeping to ...

Retired Chaplain Nolan Fontenot was honored by fellow pastors and current and former inmates Dec. 13 at an event held at the ...