BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A former Angola employee was arrested Monday after being accused of having contraband on penitentiary grounds. According to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, Alsaysia Bates, 24, was arrested after a routine search at the prison was conducted on Dec. 21, 2025.

Alsaysia Bates, a former LSP corrections sergeant, was arrested for malfeasance in office after contraband cell phones were found in her possession.

An Angola prison corrections sergeant has been arrested after a search led to the discovery of three cell phones in her vehicle, which were deemed to be contraband, officials said.According to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections,

West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard said the Angola Prison Rodeo is the community's largest single tourism event.

More than two dozen incarcerated men were invited to participate in the father-daughter dance based on good behavior.

The transfers follow a series of deaths at the prison, which is located south of Baton Rouge. Seven inmates have died unexpectedly at Elayn Hunt since September. Last year, the prison recorded 16 unexpected inmate deaths. See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Click Here to report it. Please include the headline.

ANGOLA, La. – Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday.

Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state emergency to address what he said is lack of capacity to house violent offenders at Louisiana State Penitentiary. His proclamation allows state officials to expedite repairs at a section of the Angola prison that was ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum security prison, could soon house immigrant detainees for the Trump administration. Plans call for Angola to reopen an unused wing of the prison and house about 450 immigrants ...