Plaintiffs in a lawsuit over Angola’s “Farm Line” program seek a federal district court's reconsideration of a ruling that ...

A federal judge has again ordered prison officials to protect incarcerated men from heat on a work detail at Louisiana's largest prison, finding the men are at "substantial risk of suffering serious ...

Last week, U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson extended protections through mid-August for the Farm Line, incarcerated men working in extreme heat at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. “It is ...

A federal district court has been asked to reconsider a ruling that identified constitutional violations within the Louisiana ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary (commonly known as Angola), which sits on the site of a former slave plantation, has long forced incarcerated people, primarily Black men, to work on its prison farm ...

Mystikal's now serving 20 years at Angola Prison where his former No Limit label mate C-Murder is already locked up for life.

Judge Brian Jackson of the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana has certified a class in a lawsuit against Angola Prison on behalf of men forced to perform punitive farm labor under ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola must again take special precautions to protect inmates who work in the prison's fields during high ...

A federal judge certified a class action lawsuit for incarcerated men at Louisiana State Penitentiary. The lawsuit alleges that forced farm labor conditions are unconstitutional and violate the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A federal judge decided that the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, violated the rights of incarcerated workers. This was due to the dangerous heat in ...