The deputy secretary of the Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC) faced questions Tuesday about ongoing issues and deaths ...

An advocate for individuals battling addiction is demanding accountability from Louisiana corrections officials after six ...

The prison picked nearly 30 inmates to participate in the "father-daughter" dance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

ANGOLA, La. – Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of ...

Louisiana prisons and the phone companies they contract with have gotten a reprieve from slashing the cost of calls to inmates after the Federal Communications Commission postponed a rule it issued ...

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

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 ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum security prison, could soon house immigrant detainees for the Trump administration. Plans call for Angola to reopen an unused ...

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row was released on bail Wednesday after his conviction was overturned earlier this year.