A new partnership will bring the Angola Prison Rodeo to New Orleans during The Hondo Rodeo Fest, supporting prison reform efforts and Louisiana’s Victims Impact Fund.
Advocacy groups involved in a federal lawsuit over prison labor at Angola held a press conference to discuss dangerous work conditions.
Four immigrant men held inside “Camp 57,” a recently opened federal immigration lockup located at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, were released from the facility to rejoin their families ...
A federal judge said a case challenging conditions on a Louisiana prison work assignment can move forward as a class action, opening the door for the lawsuit to impact thousands of incarcerated people ...
In 2016, Louisiana faced a $2 billion budget gap, and lawmakers decided they could no longer afford to lock so many people up.