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

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

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

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.

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.

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.