Every April and October, the Louisiana State Penitentiary hosts the last remaining prison rodeo in the nation. Brining ...

Every Sunday in October and one weekend in April, dozens of inmates in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola volunteer to ...

For Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is “legendary.” “This is a facility ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters at a Sept. 3, 2025, news conference at Louisiana State Penitentiary. She was joined by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at Louisiana State Penitentiary. His proclamation allows state officials to ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum security prison, could soon house immigrant detainees for the Trump administration. Plans call for Angola to reopen an unused ...

A new immigration detention facility designed to house hundreds of undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes opened in Louisiana this week as part of what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a ...

Derrick Groves is now in the Angola State Penitentiary after authorities returned him to Louisiana from Georgia on Friday.

Angola, Louisiana (CNN) — The Trump administration is opening a new detention camp within a notorious state prison in Louisiana to house undocumented migrants accused of committing crimes, officials ...

On a night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1996, Marcus Cheffen robbed Don Allison at gunpoint, shooting him in the leg and ...

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Louisiana officials are in talks with the Trump administration about housing immigrant detainees at the State Penitentiary at Angola, part of a push to meet the demands of the U.S. president's ...