Angola was once called America’s bloodiest prison. The largest maximum-security prison in the United States, Angola has 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff. It occupies 28 square miles in Louisiana, a ...

(WANE) — An Angola man found guilty in a fatal shooting inside an apartment in October 2023 received a 65-year prison sentence Wednesday ... guilty following a five-day trial in November.

Two months ago, in a rare move for an inmate not serving a state sentence, Tassin was sent to the state’s maximum-security prison, Angola State Penitentiary. The transfer, classified as an ...

“They don’t have to send me money because I work every day, and I rodeo. And I earn it in a good way,” he said. The Angola ...