Each year, the Louisiana State Penitentiary holds its Angola Prison Rodeo, which has been hosted annually since 1965. The rodeo features inmates who have volunteered to compete in events, as well as a ...

ANGOLA, La. — Federal and state officials will visit the Louisiana State Penitentiary on Wednesday to announce the Angola prison will house what immigration agents call "the worst of the worst ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. Jeff Landry wants to house the "worst of the worst" criminal undocumented immigrants in the country in Louisiana. Landry has been developing plans to hold hundreds of federal ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of ...

ANGOLA, La. — A section of Louisiana’s most notorious prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, has a new name and purpose. The former "Camp J" is now called "Louisiana Lockup," a U.S.