Amaya arrived at Angola sometime after Sept. 4, when ICE placed the first 51 detainees at the newly renovated Camp J segment ...

Governor Jeff Landry on Monday released a short, cinematic video about the newly opened immigration detention unit at the Louisiana State Penitentiary known informally as “Louisiana Lockup” or Camp 57 ...

A survivor tells his experience of being jailed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, while officials and experts look at ...

A wave of new immigration jails is drawing widespread criticism for terrible conditions and restricted access to legal ...

NEW ORLEANS — Derrick Groves, the last of the 10 inmates who escaped the Orleans Justice Center in May, has officially been ...

For Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is “legendary.” “This is a facility ...

Update: Two days after this statement, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections released a statement saying accusations about a hunger strike, inadequate health care and a lack of ...

The new detention facility inside the prison is designed to hold more than 400 undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes.

On a night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1996, Marcus Cheffen robbed Don Allison at gunpoint, shooting him in the leg and ...