To the cheers of supporters steps away from the New Orleans jail on Oct. 19, 60 bicyclists began a three-day ride to Louisiana State Penitentiary, port of call for an annual trek to benefit a program ...

LUANDA, Angola (AP) — Joe Biden on Tuesday used the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote billions of dollars of investments in the sub-Saharan African nation and speak at a slavery ...

Following investigations into misconduct at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, four officers were arrested and resigned, and two have been administratively sanctioned since Saturday, said ...

WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. — BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — With the latest COVID-19 surge ebbing, the Louisiana State Penitentiary has created a one-day arts and crafts fair to partly make up for the ...

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge visited the Louisiana State Penitentiary Thursday to inspect a former death row building where juvenile detainees are being held in conditions that civil rights advocates ...

Prisoners at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola receive quality health care, the state corrections department’s medical director said Thursday in response to a lawsuit that described the service ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Angola's foreign exchange reserves edged up to $25.92 billion in November from $25.9 billion in October, data on the central bank's website data showed. Angola is ...

Update: Two days after this statement, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections released a statement saying accusations about a hunger strike, inadequate health care and a lack of ...

Richard H. Geitner, longtime owner of Angola’s historic movie theater and a pilot during World War II, died Jan. 14. He was 92. Mr. Geitner was born in Silver Creek. He attained the rank of first ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Angola's foreign exchange reserves edged up to $26.51 billion in December from $25.92 billion in November, data on the central bank's website showed on Thursday.

A 30-year-old man this week was sentenced to 65 years in prison for the murder of a neighbor he told police he considered to be a friend. Yoshua Monday’s prison sentence is 55 years for murder and 10 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York Lottery announced there were two winners who have won the top-prize tickets for the Take 5 Evening drawing for the Saturday drawing. One of those winners is in Western New ...