BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A former Angola employee was arrested Monday after being accused of having contraband on penitentiary grounds. According to the Louisiana Department of Public ...

It costs Louisiana $949,000 a month to house immigrant detainees at its state penitentiary at Angola, and the federal ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said he would prefer to see former Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro executed.

Retired Chaplain Nolan Fontenot was honored by fellow pastors and current and former inmates Dec. 13 at an event held at the ...

West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard said the Angola Prison Rodeo is the community's largest single tourism event.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry alleged Nicolas Maduro, the captured Venezuelan president, played a major role in the ...

An Angola prison corrections sergeant has been arrested after a search led to the discovery of three cell phones in her ...

More than two dozen incarcerated men were invited to participate in the father-daughter dance based on good behavior.

The transfers follow a series of deaths at the prison, which is located south of Baton Rouge. Seven inmates have died ...

Thousands of Angola’s prisoners will now be eligible to join the class-action litigation as plaintiffs. A trial is set to begin Feb. 3 in the federal lawsuit.