Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the watchful eyes of armed guards on horseback. He ...

Before dawn breaks across the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, whistles blow in the air as incarcerated men line up with garden tools in their hands, ready to work. For decades, the prison’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A federal judge decided that the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, violated the ...

This story first aired during the May 1, 2026, broadcast of Louisiana Considered. You can listen to the full episode here. I think it's probably best to start at the beginning of this lawsuit, ...

Although prisoners face dangerously harsh conditions while working the “farm line” at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola — including laboring outdoors in extreme heat — a federal judge ...