Kristi Noem recently said she was having conversations with other Republican governors about opening facilities in their ...

Louisiana considers using an unused Angola prison wing to detain immigrants, sparking safety and human rights concerns.

SHREVEPORT, La- A Shreveport advocate is speaking out on a lawsuit calling for changes at Louisiana State Penitentiary at ...

The order would help the prison reopen notorious 'Camp J,' once one of the most restrictive segments of Angola.

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Governor Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency to fast-track urgent repairs at Camp J, a ...

The executive order, effective from July 25 through Aug. 23, suspends procurement and bidding rules to allow swift repairs to ...

The review panel listened to more than an hour of arguments by attorneys from both sides. No decision was made.

Landry issued the executive order due to the lack of beds for violent offenders who need to be housed in the highest security ...

Men incarcerated within Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola want relief from the prison’s extreme heat and overcrowding.

They called her "Gruesome Gertie." It was an inmate-given nickname for the electric chair that once sat at the end of a long hallway at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

Louisiana officials have removed all of the teens incarcerated at a controversial lockup at the state penitentiary at Angola and relocated them to a new facility in Jackson Parish, officials ...