Angola death row haunted by its history – and its purpose. My home state of Louisiana consistently lurks near the bottom when it comes to all measurements of child well-being, ...

There are bars on the windows here too, though they're the kind meant to keep people out, not in. The television is giant, the couch cushions plush, and the door ...

A Marrero man who spent 15 years on Louisiana's death row for his wrongful conviction of raping and strangling to death 14-year-old Crystal Champagne under the Huey P. Long Bridge in 1996 walked ...

Weeks after a federal judge ordered teen prisoners removed from an old death row building at the State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana's Department of Corrections is using that facility to ...

New Orleans nonprofit The Promise of Justice Initiative filed suit about conditions on Louisiana's death row on behalf of three inmates. According to the suit, a heat index of 195 degrees was ...

Angola officials offer new plan to reduce heat on Louisiana’s death row, say opening tier doors would be security concern Angola’s death-row prisoners to get fans, daily cool showers ...

In contrast, while on Angola’s former death row, children are held in single-occupancy, barred, windowless cells that have a metal sink and toilet.There is no privacy for using the toilet or ...

After the Supreme Court suspended the death penalty in 1972, Rideau's death sentence was commuted to life. But while he no longer faced execution, moving into the general population at Angola had ...

A prisoner's hands inside a punishment cell wing at Angola prison in Louisiana on October 14, 2013. Photo by Giles Clarke via Getty Images. The state of Louisiana is considering transferring at ...

Family members of murder victims are reacting after their loved one's killer and two other death row inmates filed a lawsuit saying it's too hot in their cells. "They need to go ahead and shove the ...

As of February 2013, there were 82 inmates housed on Angola’s death row tiers. The defendants in the case are the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and its head, ...