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 ...

But for people at the prison commonly referred to as Angola, being sent to the "farm line" is not quite the same as other work assignments, Jones testified in a federal courtroom this week.

Jimmie Christian Duncan has spent over 26 years on death row at Louisiana’s Angola prison for the rape and murder of his girlfriend’s toddler daughter—a crime he has always maintained never ...

A self-taught artist from Louisiana, Welmon Sharlhorne began drawing during his time in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison. Using only ballpoint pens and manila ...

The Baton Rouge Police Department has identified two officers who responded to an officer-involved shooting at a hotel that left a man dead.

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LOOSE Women star Katie Piper has revealed she considered murdering her ex-boyfriend and attacker after he raped, stabbed and arranged an acid attack on her. The TV presenter was left with life ...

Onquette Woodyard was 3 years old when her father went to prison. She said it’s her hope the documentary will help people form their own opinions on Peterson’s story and teach a younger ...

Women hoeing in the fields at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, back when the prison still kept women there. (Artwork by The Lens based on a photo by Winans, Louisiana State Museum) On ...

We first see Prabha (Kani Kusruti) on the long journey home to the cramped flat she shares with her younger colleague Anu (Divya Prabhu); as in many western cities, their key worker salaries aren’t ...

Angola is not what this film is really about. Very well edited to tell a good story, never boring and not too long, and at the very least will make you appreciate not being in prison like no other ...