Master Sgt. Tyler Grezaffi previously worked for the Pointe Coupee and Iberville parish sheriffs’ offices, the department ...

INVESTIGATION. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS NOW IN PLACE OVER A LACK OF BEDS FOR INMATES AT ANGOLA. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLING FOR MORE BEDS TO BE ADDED IN SOME CAMPS. HIS ORDER ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Governor Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency to fast-track urgent repairs at Camp J, a maximum-security unit within the Louisiana State Penitentiary known as Angola ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, center, tours "Camp 57," a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP ...

ANGOLA, La. — A section of Louisiana’s most notorious prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, has a new name and purpose. The former "Camp J" is now called "Louisiana Lockup," a U.S.

A new immigration detention facility designed to house hundreds of undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes opened in Louisiana this week as part of what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a ...