Kristi Noem recently said she was having conversations with other Republican governors about opening facilities in their ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at ...

The order would help the prison reopen notorious 'Camp J,' once one of the most restrictive segments of Angola.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Governor Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency to fast-track urgent repairs at Camp J, a ...

The review panel listened to more than an hour of arguments by attorneys from both sides. No decision was made.

Men incarcerated within Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola want relief from the prison’s extreme heat and overcrowding.

The executive order, effective from July 25 through Aug. 23, suspends procurement and bidding rules to allow swift repairs to ...

John Brady Balfa is serving a sentence of life imprisonment at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, having been convicted of ...

Lester Duhé, spokesperson for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, confirmed to USA TODAY that the nine men pleaded not ...

A 20-foot-tall guard tower from the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola, is joining the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.