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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Angola prison, the scene of Hoffman’s execution ... Angola is run as a working farm, with inmates involved in agricultural labor. It also houses a license plate plant and a mattress factory.

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once again asking a federal judge to order heat protections before the upcoming summer.