Parish President Kenny Havard said he's glad interest in the facility has spurred the state government to begin repairs at ...

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

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More on Angola Prison: ACLU Louisiana emergency filing asserts kids held solitary at state adult prison Meredith G. White is the arts and culture reporter for the Shreveport Times.

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.

Youth detainees will be moved from the Louisiana State Penitentiary next week after almost a year of being incarcerated in the country’s largest maximum-security adult prison.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have a story now of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. LEILA FADEL, HOST: It's known as Angola, after the plantation that operated there in the 1800s.