Quilting is how I tell stories, many of which are drawn from my time on death row. Convict Poker depicts a popular event at the Angola Prison Rodeo in Louisiana — a group of inm ...

A federal judge ruled that the Louisiana State Penitentiary's "Farm Line" program violated the rights of incarcerated workers ...

A federal judge has finally ruled two years after a lawsuit challenged the dangerous and “inhumane” work conditions inside America’s most notorious prison. Before dawn breaks across the Louisiana ...

An Angola inmate, 33-year-old Patrick Jones, died on Tuesday, the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections said. His ...

MARTINEZ — A Rodeo man who allegedly claimed that his girlfriend had “shot herself” has pleaded no contest to killing her, and been sentenced to 21 years and eight months for it, court records show.

During the brutality of the Huntsville Prison Rodeo, Eddie Macon (John Schneider) takes a hard fall off his horse, only to use the ensuing chaos to stage a daring escape. It is a gorgeously gritty ...

Although prisoners face dangerously harsh conditions while working the “farm line” at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at ...

In his ruling, Judge Brian Jackson said he was constrained from ruling the Farm Line as a cruel and unusual punishment. But, ...

The Louisiana prison chosen to hold immigration detainees because of its notoriety was once described as "the bloodiest prison in America" and has witnessed mass riots, inmate violence, and systemic ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine who spent 448 days imprisoned in Venezuela called Friday for the international community to increase pressure on the government of interim Venezuelan President ...

What began years ago as a round of trespassing culminated Thursday in a fully legal golf event: opening day at Rodeo Dunes. Set in the high plains of Colorado, the project is the latest from Sand ...