The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with Louisiana officials to send immigrant detainees to the Louisiana State ...

Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular ...

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

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

Louisiana prisons and the phone companies they contract with have gotten a reprieve from slashing the cost of calls to ...

Before his NFL career began, Collins credited his mother for setting a strong example throughout his childhood.

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The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has a macabre history, and could soon welcome 450 immigrant detainees.

John Brady Balfa is serving a sentence of life imprisonment at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, having been convicted of ...

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

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to send migrants to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, known as one ...

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