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

The Farm Line is a labor detail in which incarcerated men are sent to perform manual agricultural work in prison fields.

The event will feature musical performances, arts and crafts booths, and rodeo events like bust out, bareback riding, wild ...

The 2026 Spring Angola Prison Rodeo will take place on April 18 and 19 at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, with tickets ...

ANGOLA, La. — A section of Louisiana’s most notorious prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, has a new name and purpose. The former "Camp J" is now called "Louisiana Lockup," a U.S.

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at Louisiana State Penitentiary. His proclamation allows state officials to ...

(Bloomberg) -- On a sweep of farmland hemmed in by the Mississippi River, where guards on horseback once watched over inmates picking cotton, officials on Wednesday proclaimed a new mission for one of ...

WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Tickets are now on sale for the annual spring Angola Prison Rodeo in West Feliciana ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola must again take special precautions to protect inmates who work in the prison's fields during high ...

MAGA world is yet again trying to market a prison where it will lock up people targeted by the president’s bigoted anti-immigrant crackdown. First, there was “Alligator Alcatraz,” the facility in the ...

NOBTS offers bachelor’s degrees in five prison locations including two for women. At Angola, we also offer master’s degrees.