Louisiana's most notorious prison has a new warden who is a familiar face. Darrel Vannoy is returning Nov. 25 to lead the ...

A lawsuit objecting to conditions on the Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line" is among at least three legal challenges ...

Dusty Bickham, the current interim warden at Elayn Hunt, will return to lead Dixon Correctional Institute on Dec. 1, the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A federal judge heard arguments on a motion to stop using the Farm Line at Louisiana State ...

Billed as the “The Wildest Show in the South,” the Angola Prison Rodeo is returning this fall to the Louisiana State Penitentiary. The biannual event draws thousands of spectators, and is held each ...

ANGOLA, La. (BRPROUD) — Every Sunday in October, people can attend the Angola Prison Rodeo, also known as “The Wildest Show in the South.” The event has food, shopping and a lot of fun.

He is exceptional in so many ways and an artist who learned about life and making art in the strangest of places: Angola Prison in Louisiana. When you meet Tyler today, you would not know he'd ...

The high cost of a prison phone call has come down. But a new report sounds the alarm on the escalating costs of non-phone services for incarcerated people. Why dozens of men spent most of their ...

Archie Williams was sentenced to life for a crime he didn't commit and served 35 years in prison before he was exonerated. He ...

Darrel Vannoy will serve as warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary after current warden, Tim Hooper, announced his ...

Some are finally free Five "10/6 lifers" have recently been released after more than 50 years behind bars at Angola Prison in Louisiana. Prison reform advocates pushed for their release after ...