Louisiana's most notorious prison has a new warden who is a familiar face. Darrel Vannoy is returning Nov. 25 to lead the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola after spending the past three years ...

Few prison wardens have achieved the notoriety of Louisiana’s Burl Cain, who is stepping down amidst investigations of his business dealings after 20 years at the top of Louisiana State ...

God’s Own Warden If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus—or regret ever crossing his path.

Burl Cain, the legendary and controversial former warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola who quit in 2015 amid probes into his business dealings, was hired to lead the Mississippi ...

Longtime Angola warden Burl Cain says he will resign effective January 1, 2016. He said when the newspaper questioned his religious beliefs, he knew it was time to step down and he informed his ...

Louisiana's most notorious prison has a new warden who is a familiar face. Darrel Vannoy is returning Nov. 25 to lead the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola after spending the past three years ...

The longtime warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the state's largest prison and keeper of death row, is resigning amid questions raised by a newspaper about his private real ...

The longtime warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the state's largest prison and keeper of death row, is resigning amid questions raised by a newspaper about his private real ...

ANGOLA, La. -- Angola State Penitentiary is huge, 18,000 acres. 'It's 22 miles when you come in the front gate if you drive all the way around the outside perimeter,' said Angola Warden Burl Cain ...

An assistant warden at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola was arrested Tuesday on a count of second-degree rape in an incident that allegedly took place inside the prison's gates.