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 ...

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

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.