A court hearing in Baton Rouge provided a rare window into working conditions on Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line," ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we discuss a current lawsuit involving Angola Farm Line workers fighting against harsh working ...

While prison officials and Farm Line workers disagree about whether the incarcerated workers have all the shade and water ...

Walking out of prison at age 61, Adams had nothing but the clothes on his back. Louisiana law says because he was wrongly sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit, he’s entitled to money from the ...

On a typical day at Angola, a former plantation turned prison behemoth, inmates grind through brutal labor - clearing land, farming crops for global brands - earning next to nothing. Herman ...

An Imperial History. Antidote to apologias for the US intelligence agency, a periodization from the Truman Doctrine to the ‘war on terror’.

At the time of Maroo’s death, victory – in a struggle aided by a long list of nations including Angola, China ... John Maroo was upon release from prison banished to Ga-Rankuwa – 100 ...

Most of the people incarcerated in Louisiana are Black men, often forced to labor in slavery-like conditions such as in the infamous maximum security Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana.

A slide in crude oil prices is increasing the likelihood that Angola will need an International Monetary Fund loan, Finance ...