As I queued with other ticketholders in a line that led through the arena’s ... Corrections lists Angola’s prison population at 3,855 persons. As the longest-running rodeo of its kind, the ...

Today, the rodeo draws such massive crowds that a newer arena now holds more ... By the late 1800s, Louisiana bought the Angola plantation, converting it into a prison. On a typical day at Angola ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The wildest show in the South returns at the Louisiana’s Angola Prison with spring shows set for April. Rodeo action starts at 2 p.m. on April 26 and 27 ...

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

The wildest show in the south returns at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola with spring shows on Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27 in St. Francisville.