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 ...

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 ...

A federal judge in Baton Rouge has ordered the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola to immediately improve conditions for some inmates required to work as farm laborers while a lawsuit claiming ...

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 ...

Incarcerated men forced to work the fields on the “Farm Line” at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola are once again urging a federal judge to force the state Department of Public Safety and ...

A panel of appellate judges listened to arguments Monday challenging the injunction a federal district judge imposed earlier this year to improve heat protections on the “Farm Line” at Louisiana State ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. LOUISIANA (KTAL/KMSS) – A lawsuit was filed ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the federal court district the suit was initially filed in. We apologize for the error. BATON ROUGE, La ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, contending they have been forced to work in the prison’s fields for little or no pay, even ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — 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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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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