Parish President Kenny Havard said he's glad interest in the facility has spurred the state government to begin repairs at ...

The president has also called for the original Alcatraz—the famed island prison that was turned into a top tourist attraction ...

The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with Louisiana officials to send immigrant detainees to the Louisiana State ...

Kristi Noem recently said she was having conversations with other Republican governors about opening facilities in their ...

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

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

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to send migrants to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, known as one ...

Eunice Cho, senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project, slammed the idea of sending ...

SHREVEPORT, La- A Shreveport advocate is speaking out on a lawsuit calling for changes at Louisiana State Penitentiary at ...

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

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 officials have removed all of the teens incarcerated at a controversial lockup at the state penitentiary at Angola and relocated them to a new facility in Jackson Parish, officials ...