ANGOLA, La. (WVUE) - A convicted murderer serving a life sentence died Tuesday (April 2) after a fight with three other inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, prison officials said.
the largest high-security prison in the country in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008. In a federal court filing dated Monday, July 17, 2023, advocates said that juveniles held in a former death row ...
Louisiana State Penitentiary – also known as Angola Prison after the plantation it replaced – is the largest maximum-security adult prison in the U.S., with over 6,000 inmates. Last spring ... to ...