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

The transfers follow a series of deaths at the prison, which is located south of Baton Rouge. Seven inmates have died unexpectedly at Elayn Hunt since September. Last year, the prison recorded 16 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...