Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is “modern-day slavery.” Advocates say inmates work under dangerous conditions for ...

Since prisoners challenged conditions on the Farm Line, state officials have implemented policies making them even worse, ...

Angola should have ended the Farm Line long ago ... Warden Timothy Hooper; Director of Prison Enterprises Misty Stagg; the Louisiana Department Of Public Safety and Corrections; and Prison ...

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 wildest show in the south returns at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola with spring shows on Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27 in St. Francisville. News Today's news ...

China replaces its top international trade negotiator, Hamas rejects an Israeli proposal for a six-week ceasefire, Angola seeks lengthy prison sentences for fake news and Tuvalu unveils its first-ever ...

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 ...

She is a leading national expert on prison and jail conditions who has ... who had worked on Angola’s farm crew during his 30 years there. “There were a few occasions when the field warden ...