The wildest show in the South returns at the Louisiana’s Angola Prison with spring shows set for April. Rodeo action starts ...

The wildest show in the south returns at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola with spring shows on Saturday and Sunday, ...

Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman. Here's a look at who else is on death row in the state.

Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is ...

Angola was once called America’s bloodiest prison. The largest maximum-security prison in the United States, Angola has 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff. It occupies 28 square miles in Louisiana, a ...

The apparatus used for nitrogen gas executions at Angola prison in Louisiana [Photo: Louisiana state courts] Louisiana ended its 15-year hiatus from state killings with the execution of Jessie ...

Study after study shows that prison education programs not only benefit and transform the incarcerated, but they also transform the prison community. Here’s why: 43% reduction in recidivism among ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The wildest show in the South returns at the Louisiana’s Angola Prison with spring shows set for April. Rodeo action starts at 2 p.m. on April 26 and 27 ...