Louisiana officials are sending incarcerated teenagers to the notorious Angola prison, where they’re being held on its former death row. Families are suing the state.

And so, when it became a prison — and this is 18,000 acres of farmland. When it became a prison, it kept the nickname Angola. And so, the link of that history, I think, is just very telling.

Repairs at a youth prison in north Louisiana slated for completion this spring have been pushed to the fall, state officials said, keeping a controversial juvenile lockup at Angola open ...

More on Angola Prison: ACLU Louisiana emergency filing asserts kids held solitary at state adult prison Meredith G. White is the arts and culture reporter for the Shreveport Times.

ANGOLA, La. (WVUE) - A convicted murderer serving a life sentence died Tuesday (April 2) after a fight with three other inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, prison officials said.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Tickets are now on sale for the spring Angola Prison Rodeo. The event is set to take place on Saturday, April 20, and Sunday, April 21. Tickets for the rodeo are $20, and ...

Louisiana State Penitentiary, the Angola Prison, in Angola, La., April 22, 2009. [AP Photo/Judi Bottoni] Last month, on July 17, as part of an ongoing federal class action lawsuit against the ...

Prisoners at Angola must receive special precautions on the 'farm line' in extreme heat above 88 degrees, Judge Brian Jackson ruled. Louisiana increased 'heat alert' thresholds to 91 degrees.

Following a lawsuit detailing inhumane conditions in Louisiana’s largest maximum-security prison, a judge ordered that youths be removed from Angola.