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

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

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

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 ...

A section of the Louisiana State Penitentiary undergoing emergency repairs is being used to house Immigration and Customs ...

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

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 ...

Louisiana is the site of a brand new ICE facility that will shelter migrants picked arrested under Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, similar to "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida. Informally known as ...

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

Critics are questioning the decision to hold immigrants at the maximum-security facility known as Angola, which has a troubled history. By Rick Rojas Reporting from Atlanta The maximum-security prison ...