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Today on Louisiana Considered, we discuss a current lawsuit involving Angola Farm Line workers fighting against harsh working ...
Dozens of inmates participated alongside expert ranchers, riders and wranglers in the spring 2025 edition of the Angola ...
While prison officials and Farm Line workers disagree about whether the incarcerated workers have all the shade and water ...
A court hearing in Baton Rouge provided a rare window into working conditions on Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line," ...
Chris Duncan’s longtime claims of innocence were boosted by the discrediting of bite mark analysis, and by recent reforms now ...
A Louisiana judge has dismissed the conviction of Jimmie Christian Duncan, a man who spent 26 years on death row for the death of his girlfriend's toddler daughter, after new evidence showed that the ...
It’s a fate most people could never imagine: Locked up for decades for a crime you didn’t commit. Now, some state lawmakers - ...
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced the new College Drive exit ramps from I-10 and I-12 westbound will open this week. Accidental overdoses have surpassed all other ...
Angola prison workers make between 2 and 40 cents an hour. They also have a controversial outlet for recreation and to vend their wares at market rate: a rodeo. St. Francisville, Louisiana—Even ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The wildest show in the South returns at the Louisiana’s Angola Prison with spring shows set for April. Rodeo action starts at 2 p.m. on April 26 and 27 ...