Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is “modern-day slavery.” Advocates say inmates work under dangerous conditions for ...

A few seconds before 6:27 p.m., Jessie Hoffman jerked slightly. It would be the last significant movement Hoffman would make, ...

In Louisiana, Angola, prisoners do battle with raging bulls in a grim event watched by thousands of paying members of the ...

Branded as the 'South's wildest clash' and marketed as a rehabilitation gem, it unfolds on the sprawling grounds of Angola, Louisiana's state penitentiary, a site stitched together from former ...

Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...

Since prisoners challenged conditions on the Farm Line, state officials have implemented policies making them even worse, ...

On Tuesday afternoon, a small group of execution opponents held a vigil outside the rural southeast Louisiana prison at Angola, where the state’s executions are carried out. Some passed out ...

On Tuesday afternoon, a small group of execution opponents held a vigil outside the rural southeast Louisiana prison at Angola, where the state’s executions are carried out. Some passed out ...

The wildest show in the South returns at the Louisiana’s Angola Prison with spring shows set for April. Rodeo action starts ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once again asking a federal judge to order heat protections before the upcoming summer.

Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method.