Arthur Basaldua, 44, from Angola, received a 192-month federal prison sentence. He was convicted of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, marijuana and ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – An investigation into a drug trafficking network in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola led to the sentencing of 13 people including guards and inmates ...

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 ...