The largest maximum-security prison in the United States, Angola has 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff. It occupies 28 square miles in Louisiana, a site larger than the size of Manhattan. Eighty-five ...

Whether volunteering in hospice, designing the prison magazine or leading the drama team, Gary Tyler lived an eventful life ...

After the sentencing, the Steuben County Prosecutor's Office thanked all the police officers who worked on the case.

James Blackburn, who is serving a life sentence for murder, walks with his horse while his grandson Leo Papiska rides during the Angola Prison Rodeo on April 23, 2023, in Louisiana.(Brendan ...

In this week's column, Peter Finney Jr. interviews Byron Johnson, director of Baylor University's Institute for Studies of ...

It’s at Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly called Angola Prison. Prisoners volunteer to participate and make it come to life. Kevin Gildhouse has been behind bars since 2009. “I got a life ...

80 percent of them will die behind bars. An Angola hospice program trains volunteers from the prison population to care for their dying peers.

(Angola Prison/Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News ... This led to a drastic change in legislation around youth rehabilitation and a spike in life without parole sentences for minors, especially for ...

In the nightmare, Chadarius Morehead is in the field at Louisiana State Penitentiary, the prison better known as Angola. It is dark. He sees an armed prison guard, who orders him to bend down and ...