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

When Bruce Jackson was allowed into Texas prisons in the 1960s with a camera, he documented how little had changed from the past with men working in the heat on former slave plantations.

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.

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 ...