The judge's ruling means Angola must continue issuing "heat alerts" whenever the Farm Line's heat index reaches or exceeds 88 degrees.

Order continues for the second consecutive summer. Once the heat index hits 88 degrees, the DOC must provide some relief to ...

Aside from its state penitentiary, Louisiana has become a go-to location for the Trump administration since it placed a heightened emphasis on immigration enforcement in January. The state’s nine ICE ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola prison, once named the "bloodiest prison in the South" for its harsh conditions is now being used to house migrants ...

Louisiana has supported federal immigration enforcement for years and has the second-highest number of ICE detention centers outside Texas.

Gov. Jeff Landry was joined Sept. 3 by senior Trump officials to tour the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry will join the federal government in the immigration crackdown at Angola Prison. Landry’s ...

A federal judge has ordered the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections to keep heat safety measures in place another 90 days for field workers at the Louisiana State Prison at Angola. U ...

The Trump administration is sending immigrants to Louisiana's Angola prison following the closure of a Florida detention center. Gov. Jeff Landry said a renovated wing of the maximum-security prison ...

The Trump administration plans to detain immigrants in the nation's largest maximum-security prison – a Louisiana lock-up with a notorious history as a "prison plantation." Louisiana has played a key ...