Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method.

Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...

When Bruce Jackson was allowed into Texas prisons in the 1960s with a camera, he documented how little had changed from the past with men working in the heat on former slave plantations.

Sepulvado, convicted in the 1992 killing of his six-year-old stepson Wesley Allen Mercer, had been on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for over 30 years. He was the oldest ...

Two months ago, in a rare move for an inmate not serving a state sentence, Tassin was sent to the state’s maximum-security prison, Angola State Penitentiary. The transfer, classified as an ...

Angola to mediate talks between Congo and M23 rebels Congo's government hesitant to engage in talks with M23 Rwanda denies backing M23 rebels, claims self-defence March 11 (Reuters) - Angola said ...

He died at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, located in the eastern part of the state. Lawyers for Sepulvado in a statement announcing his death said he suffered from severe physical and ...

However, her work was not limited to the elite; she delved into the lives of slumlords, artists, craftsmen, Black Muslims, and inmates serving life sentences at Angola Prison. Writing those stories ...

Hulu and 20th Television‘s Prison Break pilot from Elgin James (Mayans M.C., The Outlaws) is coming together as Emily Browning (One More Shot, American Gods), Lukas Gage (Euphoria, White Lotus ...

New music from Tory Lanez may not be coming out anytime soon thanks to a prison riot. TMZ reports that the incarcerated singer was recording a verse for a song on his phone when a prison riot ...