An inmate, Anthony Craig, 48, died unexpectedly at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, and an autopsy has been ...

Every April and October, the Louisiana State Penitentiary hosts the last remaining prison rodeo in the nation. Brining ...

Every Sunday in October and one weekend in April, dozens of inmates in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola volunteer to ...

For Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is “legendary.” “This is a facility that’s notorious,” she said, as she stood beside Gov. Jeff Landry to unveil ...

(Times-Signal Editor Craig Franklin shares about his history with the Angola Prison Rodeo, dating back over 40 years.) It was ...

The man credited with turning around one of America’s most dangerous prisons had a nearly 90-minute session with South Dakota ...

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety says the body of an inmate was found inside his cell at Angola on Tuesday.

Ten inmates planned an escape in the dead of night. The inmates used various materials to protect themselves during the ...

One of the captured New Orleans inmates who escaped the Orleans Parish jail had his trial date set Monday. Antoine Massey appeared on Zoom for court, where his trial date was set for December. His ...

ANGOLA, La. — On a December night in 1991, the man who would later play Jesus committed a string of armed robberies in New Orleans. Ten years later, the woman who would play the Virgin Mary robbed a ...

A double murderer has finally been caught five months after a mass jail-break — with video showing him giving a last kiss goodbye to his freedom. Derrick Groves, 28, was the last of 10 inmates who ...