He’ll serve his sentence alongside Chad Daybell, the child murderer and husband of “Doomsday” cult mom Lori Vallow, as well ...

Derrick Groves, the final escapee, has been convicted of two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted ...

Six weeks on the lam ended Friday afternoon for New Orleans jail escapee Antoine Massey, whose arrest in Hollygrove leaves ...

Louisiana authorities arrest Antoine Massey, the ninth fugitive from Orleans Justice Center escape where inmates removed a ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary boasts such pleasant nicknames as “Alcatraz of the South” and “The Bloodiest Prison in America,” but when pulled up on Google maps, it has a 4.4 star rating.

The prison where I live—the Louisiana State Penitentiary, colloquially known as Angola—went quiet in those early days of death and fear.

Louisiana’s oldest death row inmate dies 3 weeks before he was to be state’s first execution in 15 years - “Give me a little time,” Christopher Sepulvado’s ex, who also served time for ...

A prison guard rides a horse alongside prisoners as they return from farm work detail at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., on Aug. 18, 2011. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Jackson ...

Bobby Sneed, a 74-year-old inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, was granted parole and scheduled to be released in March after serving 47 years behind bars. But he was never set free. He is ...

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The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been called "the Alcatraz of the South." For most of its 110-year history, its name has been synonymous with brutality, suffering and executions.

News about Louisiana State Penitentiary. Commentary and archival information about Louisiana State Penitentiary from The New York Times.