In Louisiana, about 1 out of every 100 people is incarcerated, making the state a global leader in imprisonment. This alarming statistic is rooted in Louisiana’s deep and painful history with ...

Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transgender women from federal prisons for female inmates. The 47th ...

During his working career, Ray served as a prison guard at Angola Penitentiary, a game warden for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and eventually retired from state employment ...

Afterward, he visited the vacant Unit 29, where much of the violence took place, and he hired Cain, the former head of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Reeves said that under Cain’s ...

The M23 rebel group has made significant territorial gains along the border with Rwanda in recent weeks, closing in on Goma, ...

You never stifle an individual’s ability to be able to try to make a difference,” the artist Gary Tyler says. Of all the ...

One time the warden at Angola Prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary told me, "You know who generally makes the best trusties at this prison?" This is 5,000 men, a lot of whom have life sentences.

However, since a loophole in the 13th Amendment permits “involuntary servitude” for those convicted of a crime, inmates are ...

WASHINGTON - At least 67 journalists are imprisoned across Africa reflecting the continents ongoing struggle for a free press ...