Yet, until recently, inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola were expected to work harvesting corn, okra and other crops in the prison’s fields with few protections, even as ...

Once known as the bloodiest prison in the country, Angola is a maximum security facility with a dark history—and a popular ...

The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with Louisiana officials to send immigrant detainees to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum security prison.