ANGOLA, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - A section of the Louisiana State Penitentiary undergoing emergency repairs is being used to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, Gov. Jeff Landry ...

WWNO’s Michael McEwen spoke with Samantha Pourciau,  a senior staff attorney at the Promise of Justice Initiative, about the ...

Louisiana is in the midst of a deadly and growing outbreak of whooping cough. So far, two babies have died, and pediatricians have been urging the public to check their vaccine status and get ...

INVESTIGATION. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS NOW IN PLACE OVER A LACK OF BEDS FOR INMATES AT ANGOLA. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLING FOR MORE BEDS TO BE ADDED IN SOME CAMPS. HIS ORDER ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A federal judge on Friday, Sept. 8, ruled that the state of Louisiana can’t keep minors at Angola. Chief U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick ordered the state to remove minors ...

Louisiana officials have removed all of the teens incarcerated at a controversial lockup at the state penitentiary at Angola and relocated them to a new facility in Jackson Parish, officials said ...