ANGOLA, La. — A section of Louisiana’s most notorious prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, has a new name and purpose. The former "Camp J" is now called "Louisiana Lockup," a U.S.

Keith Ezidore, a 73-year-old man from St. James Parish, was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1993, after he was ...

WWNO’s Michael McEwen spoke with Samantha Pourciau,  a senior staff attorney at the Promise of Justice Initiative, about the ...

ANGOLA, La. (TNND) — The Department of Homeland Security opened a new detention center in Louisiana this week at a notorious prison known for its harsh conditions in the Trump administration’s latest ...

Oshay Hicks, 33, was charged with second-degree murder for killing his cellmate, Walter Davis, 37, at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on April 5.

The gospel music flickers into range around mile 17 on the Tunica Trace, a trail formerly used by the Tunica Native American tribe paved into a 20-mile highway in West Feliciana Parish. As hundreds of ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is incarcerating immigrants at Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola, Gov. Jeff Landry (R) and Trump administration officials announced ...

WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - An Angola prison corrections sergeant has been arrested after a search led to the discovery of three cell phones in her vehicle, which were deemed to be contraband, ...