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Angola Prison Rodeo returns: Sell-out crowd and inmates enjoy 'convict poker', bull riding
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoANGOLA, LOUISIANA — It's been three years since Myron Smith has heard the roar of a rodeo crowd. In...
Louisiana judge orders youth inmates be removed from adult death row facility
Revolt via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAngola prison Within the coming days, youth inmates who have been subjected to inhumane conditions...
Judge approves ‘untenable’ plan to house child inmates in Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison death...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA federal judge has approved the state of Louisiana’s plan to move troubled juvenile prisoners to...
Louisiana is sending youth to Angola prison, which experts say could violate federal law
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTeens from the Bridge City Center for Youth will be held in their own building in the Louisiana...
Louisiana begins moving child inmates to notorious Angola prison’s former death row unit
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEight incarcerated young people have been moved from troubled detention facilities across Louisiana...
New Developments involving Children Housed in Infamous Prison in Louisiana
The Root via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAfter significant out-cry from juvenile justice advocates, the children housed at the infamous...
Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farm
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMen incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, contending...
Louisiana youth locked in solitary confinement despite 132-degree temperatures: ‘They have to hold...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe safeguarding of youth at a Louisiana penitentiary has been called into question after statements...
Gary Tyler, once the youngest person on death row, opens quilt exhibit in Detroit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoGary Tyler once sold a quilt he’d sewn for $90,000. He never saw a cent of that money. Tyler had...
We’re Putting Kids in Maximum-Security Prisons. In America.
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/GettyLouisiana has done it. They have moved young...