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.

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 ...

(BRPROUD) — A federal judge heard arguments on a motion to stop using the Farm Line at Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly called Angola ... 777 Florida St., Baton Rouge.

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 ...

A federal appellate court this week refused to throw out a ban on housing incarcerated youth at Angola ... the prison infirmary is a sad comment on the state of the death penalty in Louisiana ...