Thousands of Angola’s prisoners will now be eligible to join the class-action litigation as plaintiffs. A trial is set to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — For the first time ever, a dance involving inmates and their daughters took place inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary. 29 inmates participated in the dance ...

Inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the largest maximum-security prison in the U.S.— a facility about the size of Manhattan— had a special opportunity to create new, magical ...

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail Wednesday after his conviction was overturned earlier this year. Jimmie Duncan had originally been convicted of ...

Paws of Redemption is a new rehabilitation program where inmates at the ASPC-Lewis facility train shelter dogs to prepare them for adoption. The 12-week program teaches dogs basic commands and ...

Louisiana State Penitentiary partnered with God Behind Bars to host a Daddy Daughter dance for incarcerated fathers and their children.

The event will feature musical performances, arts and crafts booths, and rodeo events like bust out, bareback riding, wild ...

Angola secured $753 million in financing to speed up development of the Lobito rail corridor, ending months of delays tied to ...