A groundbreaking lawsuit representing prisoners forced to work in “inhumane” conditions could finally put an end to Angola ...

Attorneys presented pictures and videos to the court that show what the facility looks like if juveniles are transferred from the Bridge City Youth Center.

Order requires that officials monitor temperatures every 30 minutes. If heat index hits 88, Farm Line workers get regular ...

Photos from the press conference can be found here. Photos provided by Daniella Zalcman. For over 10 months, Louisiana kids have been held in Angola, nicknamed for the former slave plantation on which ...

“Angola is perhaps the most infamous prison in the country, and exists in our national conscience as a quintessential harsh, merciless, and dangerous place for adults who may never be free again ...

On July 19, 2022, Louisiana’s Governor John Bel Edwards announced a shocking plan to move youth in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Justice (“OJJ”) to the former death row building at the ...

After a two-season hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Angola Prison Rodeo returns with 11 events, hobby crafts to buy.

In 2006, and again in 2012, Angola hosted a prison hospice conference. Now, five of the eight state prison facilities in Louisiana have inmate volunteer hospice programs. Nationwide, about 75 to ...