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What's inside Louisiana's immigration detention contract with ICE

Louisiana is paying — and getting federal reimbursement for — a $949,000 monthly fee to house hundreds of immigration ...

Former Louisiana State Penitentiary employee arrested after cell phone contraband found

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A former Angola employee was arrested Monday after being accused of having contraband on penitentiary grounds. According to the Louisiana Department of Public ...
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A notorious Louisiana prison was chosen for immigrant detainees to urge self-deportation, Noem says

ANGOLA, La. – Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of ...

Angola Prison Rodeo set to return in 2026 as Wildest Show in the South

West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard said the Angola Prison Rodeo is the community's largest single tourism event.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

A dance at a Louisiana prison gives fathers and daughters a rare moment to reunite

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BATON ROUGE, La. — Leslie Harris has missed most milestones in his daughter’s life while serving ...