Angola Prison inmates participate in "convict poker," a signature event at the Angola Prison Rodeo. Supervised inmates will ...

Federal judge Brian A. Jackson certified the prison labor case as a class action in late December. A lawsuit alleges the ...

An Angola prison corrections sergeant has been arrested after a search led to the discovery of three cell phones in her ...

Hondo Rodeo Fest is bringing elite rodeo, stadium rock — and a rare Angola Prison Rodeo competition — to the Superdome in ...

More than two dozen incarcerated men were invited to participate in the father-daughter dance based on good behavior.

A federal judge this week granted class certification to a group of inmates suing Louisiana prison officials over work conditions on the so-called Farm Line at Angola. That opens up the lawsuit to ...

Each year, the Louisiana State Penitentiary holds its Angola Prison Rodeo, which has been hosted annually since 1965. The rodeo features inmates who have volunteered to compete in events, as well as a ...

The Angola Prison Rodeo returns this weekend, kicking off Sunday, October 5, and continuing every Sunday throughout October. It's known as the "Wildest Show in the South" and held at the Louisiana ...

This week is one of the months the Angola Prison Rodeo takes place back in the spring Light Switch host Greg LaRose talked to reporter Piper Hutchinson, after she attended the Angola Prison Rodeo. She ...

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 ...

Every Sunday in October and one weekend in April, dozens of inmates in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola volunteer to participate in its prison rodeo, the last remaining in the country. Always ...