The order would help the prison reopen notorious 'Camp J,' once one of the most restrictive segments of Angola.

The executive order, effective from July 25 through Aug. 23, suspends procurement and bidding rules to allow swift repairs to ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared an emergency to make repairs possible for the Camp J unit at the Louisiana State ...

Men incarcerated within Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola want relief from the prison’s extreme heat and overcrowding.

Chief Judge Shelly Dick dismissed the lawsuit in early July, nearly three years after parents moved to stop the state's plans.

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

Derrick Groves is the only escapee who will not face arraignment as he is still on the run. All nine inmates recaptured ...

In a new memoir called "Jailhouse Lawyer," New Orleans native Calvin Duncan chronicles his remarkable evolution as an ...

Longtime death row prisoner Jimmie Duncan, whose 27-year-old murder conviction was vacated this spring, will have to wait a ...

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.

A guard on horseback leads a Louisiana State Penitentiary work crew to the fields at Angola on Nov. 21, 2014. A new set of suggestions to change Louisiana's prison and sentencing laws could save ...