Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular ...

Parish President Kenny Havard said he's glad interest in the facility has spurred the state government to begin repairs at ...

Homeland Security head Kristi Noem has rushed to build ICE migrant detention centers, and her latest plan is to house ...

Louisiana considers using an unused Angola prison wing to detain immigrants, sparking safety and human rights concerns.

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to send migrants to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, known as one ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at ...

Kristi Noem recently said she was having conversations with other Republican governors about opening facilities in their ...

The Angola Prison Rodeo, where inmates compete in different classic cowboy events, is set for several dates in October.

Louisiana officials say they plan to move juveniles currently housed at a temporary lockup in Angola, the country’s largest maximum-security adult prison, to a new youth detention facility by ...

FILE - Prison guards ride horses that were broken by inmates as they return from farm work detail at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on Aug. 18, 2011, in Angola, La. Men incarcerated at Louisiana ...

FILE - Vehicles enter at the main security gate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary — the Angola Prison, the largest high-security prison in the country in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, contending they have been forced to work in the prison’s fields for little or no ...