Knows America," David Begnaud takes "CBS Mornings" inside Angola State Penitentiary, the largest maximum security prison in ...

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

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said he would prefer to see former Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro executed.

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

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

Retired Chaplain Nolan Fontenot was honored by fellow pastors and current and former inmates Dec. 13 at an event held at the ...

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

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A former Angola employee was arrested Monday after being accused of having contraband on penitentiary grounds. According to the Louisiana Department of Public ...

The Farm Line is a labor detail in which incarcerated men are sent to perform manual agricultural work in prison fields.

Angola maximum-security prison is one of America’s grimmest lock-ups, where prisoners – mostly Black – pick cotton for ...

Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola doesn't have enough beds to house violent offenders, Gov. Jeff Landry said in an executive order declaring a state of emergency that will allow the prison to ...

Angola, Louisiana (CNN) — The Trump administration is opening a new detention camp within a notorious state prison in Louisiana to house undocumented migrants accused of committing crimes, officials ...