The judge's ruling means Angola must continue issuing "heat alerts" whenever the Farm Line's heat index reaches or exceeds 88 ...

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Gov. Jeff Landry was joined Sept. 3 by senior Trump officials to tour the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as ...

On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered Angola officials to improve conditions for farm workers in extreme heat, as a group of inmates' civil suit draws closer to trial later this year.

Prisoners at Angola must receive special precautions on the 'farm line' in extreme heat above 88 degrees, Judge Brian Jackson ruled. Louisiana increased 'heat alert' thresholds to 91 degrees.

A federal judge heard arguments on a motion to stop using the Farm Line at Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly called Angola, during the high summer heat in Louisiana.

Louisiana has supported federal immigration enforcement for years and has the second-highest number of ICE detention centers ...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to stay an order from a lower court that would require the state to make a plan to better protect inmates sentenced to farm work at Louisiana State … ...

Critics say most people in Africa’s third-largest oil-producing nation have not seen benefits from that natural wealth.

Angola may have registered record economic growth in recent years as one of Africa's biggest oil producers but its future rests on agriculture, not oil, the outgoing head of the World Bank in ...

Angola's farming sector could finally resolve what its oil and diamond exports have for years failed to do: lift millions of Angolans out of poverty.