BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) — For the first time ever, a dance involving inmates and their daughters took place ...

Louisiana's Angola Prison, one of the most notorious facilities in the country, hosted an event no one expected: a ...

Louisiana's Angola Prison, one of the most notorious facilities in the country, hosted an event no one expected: a Daddy-Daughter Dance!

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Robert King plans to be there if and when his friend Albert Woodfox is released from behind bars after more than four decades in solitary confinement. King and Woodfox are the ...

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — The last inmate of a group known as the “Angola Three” pleaded no contest Friday to manslaughter in the 1972 death of a prison guard and was released after more than four ...

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 ...

Three recaptured Orleans Justice Center inmates have been transported to a state correctional facility and seven escaped inmates remained at large Saturday morning, nearly 24 hours after authorities ...

During Louisiana’s sweltering summer months, everyone seeks respite from the blistering sun in any way they can. We take precautions to protect our pets, crank up the air conditioning and limit ...

This is in response to Jeannette Hueschen's letter "Angola inmates don't deserve special treatment." It never surprises me anymore that people don't understand how prison works. The ignorance that ...