The prison picked nearly 30 inmates to participate in the "father-daughter" dance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) — For the first time ever, a dance involving inmates and their daughters took place ...

For the first time ever, a dance involving inmates and their daughters took place inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

At Angola prison, holiday meals once brought joy and mass food poisoning. How cornbread dressing sickened hundreds and why oversight still matters.

Prisoners working the Farm Line at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. (Photo from federal judge's order via Courthouse News) (CN) — The state of Louisiana asked a Fifth Circuit ...

The St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church hosted a screening of the film on Sunday. A producer said that event was just one of 11 ...

After living 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has spent the past decade living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles. His newest exhibition ...

The JustPod is a podcast of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, hosted by Justin Danilewitz and Geonard Butler. This ...

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Now is the time for Gov. Hochul to close Marcy Correctional Facility, a state prison so beset by tragedy and dysfunction that keeping it open would cause more harm than good. Last week, Imam Abdallah ...

The race for the documentary feature Academy Award spotlights quality filmmaking, but also requires a whole lot of money and the support of international doc branch voters. This year’s crop of top ...