Angola Prison inmates participate in "convict poker," a signature event at the Angola Prison Rodeo. Supervised inmates will ...

Hondo Rodeo Fest is bringing elite rodeo, stadium rock — and a rare Angola Prison Rodeo competition — to the Superdome in ...

West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard said the Angola Prison Rodeo is the community's largest single tourism event.

Federal judge Brian A. Jackson certified the prison labor case as a class action in late December. A lawsuit alleges the ...

An Angola prison corrections sergeant has been arrested after a search led to the discovery of three cell phones in her ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at Louisiana State Penitentiary. His proclamation allows state officials to ...

ANGOLA, La. — A section of Louisiana’s most notorious prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, has a new name and purpose. The former "Camp J" is now called "Louisiana Lockup," a U.S.

More than two dozen incarcerated men were invited to participate in the father-daughter dance based on good behavior.

“Today we're here at this legendary Angola prison to announce an agreement between the United States of America and the great state of Louisiana. There has never been an agreement like this one before ...

A federal judge this week granted class certification to a group of inmates suing Louisiana prison officials over work conditions on the so-called Farm Line at Angola. That opens up the lawsuit to ...

The transfers follow a series of deaths at the prison, which is located south of Baton Rouge. Seven inmates have died ...