Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Qarchak prison has been sanctioned by the US on the basis of extrajudicial killings, torture and other violations of human rights ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once again asking a federal judge to order heat protections before the upcoming summer. The ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola must again take special precautions to protect inmates who work in the prison's fields during high ...