Every April and October, the Louisiana State Penitentiary hosts the last remaining prison rodeo in the nation. Brining ...

Every Sunday in October and one weekend in April, dozens of inmates in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola volunteer to ...

For Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is “legendary.” “This is a facility ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The ACLU of Louisiana is condemning the new immigration detention center inside the infamous Angola prison. Attorneys said there is a lack of transparency from government ...

The new detention facility inside the prison is designed to hold more than 400 undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes.

On a night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1996, Marcus Cheffen robbed Don Allison at gunpoint, shooting him in the leg and ...

Louisiana Lockup is replacing Forida's Alligator Alcatraz as President Trump sends immigrants to the state's notorious Angola prison as part of the president's deportation escalation. Alligator ...

Derrick Groves is now in the Angola State Penitentiary after authorities returned him to Louisiana from Georgia on Friday.

A toilet and sink combination for cell no. 3 from Camp A at Angola prison. The sink is above the toilet seat typically where a toilet reservoir is. The sink has small faucet with two knobs on either ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has released a video highlighting the "infamous" Louisiana Lockup in what he said is a warning to immigrants who may be in the U.S. illegally. Landry's Sept. 29 video follows a Sept.