A panel of appellate judges listened to arguments Monday challenging the injunction a federal district judge imposed earlier this year to improve heat protections on the “Farm Line” at Louisiana State ...

A federal judge has ordered the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections to keep heat safety measures in place another 90 days for field workers at the Louisiana State Prison at Angola. U ...

The Trump administration plans to detain immigrants in the nation's largest maximum-security prison – a Louisiana lock-up with a notorious history as a "prison plantation." Louisiana has played a key ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles are parked outside of Camp 57 in Angola, Louisiana, on Sep. 3, 2025. The vehicles were set up behind a podium for the announcement of the camp, also known ...

He had been held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Pennsylvania before being transferred to Louisiana ...

ANGOLA, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - A section of the Louisiana State Penitentiary undergoing emergency repairs is being used to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, Gov. Jeff Landry ...

Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola doesn't have enough beds to house violent offenders, Gov. Jeff Landry said in an executive order declaring a state of emergency that will allow the prison to ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum security prison, could soon house immigrant detainees for the Trump administration. Plans call for Angola to reopen an unused ...