Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at ...

The review panel listened to more than an hour of arguments by attorneys from both sides. No decision was made.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Governor Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency to fast-track urgent repairs at Camp J, a ...

The order would help the prison reopen notorious 'Camp J,' once one of the most restrictive segments of Angola.

Landry issued the executive order due to the lack of beds for violent offenders who need to be housed in the highest security ...

The executive order, effective from July 25 through Aug. 23, suspends procurement and bidding rules to allow swift repairs to ...

Men incarcerated within Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola want relief from the prison’s extreme heat and overcrowding.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared an emergency to make repairs possible for the Camp J unit at the Louisiana State ...

Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, announced the decision to move the teens to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on July 19 after a series of chaotic fights, injuries and breakouts from ...

They called her "Gruesome Gertie." It was an inmate-given nickname for the electric chair that once sat at the end of a long hallway at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

Louisiana State Penitentiary Angola Prison Spring Rodeo returns in April by: My Sherie Johnson Posted: Mar 17, 2022 / 09:00 PM CDT Updated: Mar 17, 2022 / 09:28 PM CDT ...

Henry Montgomery, 75, left, walks out past the gate of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola a free man after his release shortly after noon, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. STAFF PHOTO BY TRAVIS SPRADLING ...