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

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

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

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 ...

Donald Trump is planning to send migrants to a maximum security jail where inmates compete in prison rodeos. The US ...

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

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

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

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

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

Vehicles enter at the main security gate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary — the Angola Prison, the largest high-security prison in the country in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008.