BATON ROUGE — Two Louisiana State Penitentiary inmates were found dead from suspected drug overdoses Wednesday night at the notorious prison in Angola, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and ...

Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is ...

Louisiana State Penitentiary partnered with God Behind Bars to host a Daddy Daughter dance for incarcerated fathers and their children.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — For the first time ever, a dance involving inmates and their daughters took place inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary. 29 inmates participated in the dance ...

Every Sunday in October and one weekend in April, dozens of inmates in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola volunteer to participate in its prison rodeo, the last remaining in the country. Always ...

This week is one of the months the Angola Prison Rodeo takes place back in the spring Light Switch host Greg LaRose talked to reporter Piper Hutchinson, after she attended the Angola Prison Rodeo. She ...

Angola, La. — Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Like his wife, Reverend Billy Graham will be laid to rest in a simple, plywood casket hand crafted by prison inmates, a Graham family spokesman said. "Mr. Graham's casket was made ...

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