Louisiana has approved a protocol for executions by nitrogen hypoxia, which will allow death sentences to be carried out ...

A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s execution protocol as the state prepares to carry out the death penalty using nitrogen gas in the coming weeks.

In 1956, the Legislature moved all executions to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, according to the prison's ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A federal judge heard arguments on a motion to stop using the Farm Line at Louisiana State ...

Vehicles enter at the main security gate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary — the Angola Prison, the largest high-security ...

In 2005, while she was a student at Yale Law School, Andrea Armstrong chose a summer internship that brought her to Louisiana ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.

The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state prisons—the rate may now be, at most, 6 cents a minute. That is expected to ...

ANGOLA, La. (BRPROUD) — Every Sunday in October, people can attend the Angola Prison Rodeo, also known as “The Wildest Show ...