Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has taken another step in his shift toward a tough-on-crime stance, announcing plans to build a new prison in the Central American nation modeled on the maximum ...

The Indiana Supreme Court will not reduce the 110-year prison sentence issued to a Gary man who murdered three young adults ...

A Louisiana bill would allow people convicted by non-unanimous juries to petition for their cases to be reviewed.

Dozens of inmates participated alongside expert ranchers, riders and wranglers in the spring 2025 edition of the Angola ...

The collective hum of hundreds of sewing machine needles ploughing through fabric pierces the air as the prisoners get to ...

It’s a fate most people could never imagine: Locked up for decades for a crime you didn’t commit. Now, some state lawmakers - ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we discuss a current lawsuit involving Angola Farm Line workers fighting against harsh working ...

In this way, and others, CECOT qualifies not only as a prison but a concentration camp. That might be a shocking allegation ...

A Louisiana judge has dismissed the conviction of Jimmie Christian Duncan, a man who spent 26 years on death row for the death of his girlfriend's toddler daughter, after new evidence showed that the ...

Luciano Joseph Livious Sr., 27, stood before District Judge Will Jorden and entered his guilty plea to a charge of ...

Eric Lane and Anne-Marie Easley talk about the upcoming Angola Prison Rodeo. Detectives are investigating the death of a woman found inside an empty apartment on Monday morning, April 21. Taking that ...

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced the new College Drive exit ramps from I-10 and I-12 westbound will open this week. Accidental overdoses have surpassed all other ...