NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail Wednesday after his ...

Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those ...

ANGOLA, La. – Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of ...

ANGOLA, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - A section of the Louisiana State Penitentiary undergoing emergency repairs is being used to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, Gov. Jeff Landry ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum security prison, could soon house immigrant detainees for the Trump administration. Plans call for Angola to reopen an unused ...

Louisiana prisons and the phone companies they contract with have gotten a reprieve from slashing the cost of calls to inmates after the Federal Communications Commission postponed a rule it issued ...

Angola, Louisiana (CNN) — The Trump administration is opening a new detention camp within a notorious state prison in Louisiana to house undocumented migrants accused of committing crimes, officials ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Gov. Bobby Jindal, facing strong opposition to the sale of a central Louisiana state prison, is giving up on the idea but still is pushing to hire a private company to run the ...

The former Louisiana House speaker was accused of stealing a rare artifact that had gone missing from the state capitol.