Angola Prison's incarcerated dads get to dance with their daughters

Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at Angola Prison in Louisiana for a dance that bridges years of separation — ...
WWNO

Angola prison 'farm line' suit becomes class action

Federal judge Brian A. Jackson certified the prison labor case as a class action in late December. A lawsuit alleges the "farm line" violates the Eighth Amendment rights of people working there and ...
Axios

Angola inmates to join Hondo Rodeo Fest

Angola Prison inmates participate in "convict poker," a signature event at the Angola Prison Rodeo. Supervised inmates will participate in the Hondo Rodeo Fest after organizers gained inspiration at ...
WGNO

Four Angola Prison correctional officers sentenced for beating handcuffed, shackled inmate

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Four former Angola Prison supervisory correctional officers were sentenced Thursday for assaulting a shackled and handcuffed inmate who was not resisting. The officers, 43 ...
NOLA.com

From hobbycraft sales to sponsorships, it’s a bull market every October at Angola’s prison rodeo (copy)

The gospel music flickers into range around mile 17 on the Tunica Trace, a trail formerly used by the Tunica Native American tribe paved into a 20-mile highway in West Feliciana Parish. As hundreds of ...
Houston Press

John Kinsel, Imprisoned for a Crime His Accuser Says She Made Up, Hangs Out at Angola Prison Rodeo

Dooney & Bourke knockoff purses and stainless steel crosses line a long row of picnic tables at the Angola Prison Rodeo craft sale. The artisans wait close behind in a parallel craggy row, separated ...
WWNO

Revisiting Angola Prison Rodeo

This week is one of the months the Angola Prison Rodeo takes place back in the spring Light Switch host Greg LaRose talked to reporter Piper Hutchinson, after she attended the Angola Prison Rodeo. She ...