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

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

West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard said the Angola Prison Rodeo is the community's largest single tourism event.

Retired Chaplain Nolan Fontenot was honored by fellow pastors and current and former inmates Dec. 13 at an event held at the ...

The transfers follow a series of deaths at the prison, which is located south of Baton Rouge. Seven inmates have died ...

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — For the first time ever, a dance involving inmates and their daughters took place inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary. 29 inmates participated in the dance ...

BATON ROUGE — Two Louisiana State Penitentiary inmates were found dead from suspected drug overdoses Wednesday night at the notorious prison in Angola, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and ...