An inmate, Anthony Craig, 48, died unexpectedly at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, and an autopsy has been ...

Chris Masters, a special agent for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Cybercrime Unit, was among the law enforcement officials ...

The man credited with turning around one of America’s most dangerous prisons had a nearly 90-minute session with South Dakota ...

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.

Louisiana Lockup at Angola Prison houses over 70 violent illegal immigrant criminals including 26 child predators, 20 sex offenders and 28 convicted murderers.

Loyola University New Orleans gains U.S. approval to offer Pell Grants for incarcerated students in its Rayburn prison ...

Federal and state officials have denied accusations that a hunger strike spurred by inhumane conditions took place at the "Louisiana Lockup" at the Angola State Penitentiary.

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

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

Two separate courts have ordered immigration officials not to deport a Pennsylvania man who spent four decades in prison before his murder conviction was overturned. Vedam, 64, is currently detained ...