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

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 ruled Friday that officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola must again take special precautions to protect inmates who work in the prison's fields during high ...

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 ...

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 ...