Federal judge Brian A. Jackson certified the prison labor case as a class action in late December. A lawsuit alleges the ...

A federal judge has ordered the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections to keep heat safety measures in place another 90 days for field workers at the Louisiana State Prison at Angola. U ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - State officials have been ordered to make changes to their heat-related policies regarding outdoor farm work at Angola Prison during extreme heat. The Promise of Justice ...

Last week, U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson extended protections through mid-August for the Farm Line, incarcerated men working in extreme heat at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. “It is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The 5th U.S.

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A federal judge this week granted class certification to a group of inmates suing Louisiana prison officials over work conditions on the so-called Farm Line at Angola. That opens up the lawsuit to ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has suspended the import of raw brand and by-products of the milling industry for use in animal feed into Namibia from Angola.Chief ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to stay part of an order from a lower court that would require the state to make a plan to better protect inmates ...