Angola Prison

Federal judge Brian A. Jackson certified the prison labor case as a class action in late December. A lawsuit alleges the "farm line" violates the Eighth Amendment rights of people working there and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

In a brief column for the conservative online outlet Breitbart, Landry directly tied Maduro to opioid deaths in the United States — particularly from fentanyl.

Longtime death row prisoner Jimmie Duncan, whose 27-year-old murder conviction was vacated this spring, will soon find out if he will be able to walk out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

Order requires that officials monitor temperatures every 30 minutes. If heat index hits 88, Farm Line workers get regular breaks, ice, water, and shade.

The decision marks the second time within a year a federal judge has ordered corrections officials to boost heat precautions at Louisiana State Penitentiary.

While the event has been criticized for its controversial and dangerous events, it also offers a chance for participants to connect to the outside world.

A court hearing in Baton Rouge provided a rare window into working conditions on Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line," which prisoners are challenging.

Since prisoners challenged conditions on the Farm Line, state officials have implemented policies making them even worse, lawyers contend.

With Hoffman’s execution, Louisiana joins Alabama as the only other state in the U.S. to use the controversial gas method on a person condemned to death.

A lawsuit objecting to conditions on the Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line" is among at least three legal challenges percolating in the Gulf South.