Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each year, the Louisiana State Penitentiary holds its Angola Prison Rodeo, which has been hosted annually since 1965. The rodeo ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at Louisiana State Penitentiary. His proclamation allows state officials to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Governor Jeff Landry, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi and ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan will announce the opening of a new ...

The gospel music flickers into range around mile 17 on the Tunica Trace, a trail formerly used by the Tunica Native American tribe paved into a 20-mile highway in West Feliciana Parish. As hundreds of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Tickets are now on sale for the upcoming 2025 spring Angola Prison rodeo. The rodeo is set to take place on Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27, at the prison in West ...

LOUISIANA, USA — Governor Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola to expedite the reopening of Camp J, a shuttered section of the prison once used ...

A corrections major at the Louisiana State Penitentiary was arrested and charged with introduction of contraband.

Each year, the Louisiana State Penitentiary holds its Angola Prison Rodeo, which has been hosted annually since 1965. The rodeo features inmates who have volunteered to compete in events, as well as a ...