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

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

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

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.

All 10 escapees have been formally charged with simple escape and the AG's office will be prosecuting the cases.

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

About 19,000 inmates are housed in Louisiana state prisons. Nearly half are serving more than 10 years, including over 4,500 lifers. Another 21,000 inmates ...

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 ...

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