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

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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) — A federal judge ...

LUANDA, April 30 (Reuters) - 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. Thousands of ...

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 ...

VALE DO CAVACO, Angola, Aug 29 (Reuters) - For the past 30 years, Jose Vilomba, 47, has walked barefoot on one of Africa's most fertile valleys using his hands and a shovel to plant vegetables to feed ...

NEW ORLEANS — On Thursday, a federal judge ordered officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary to increase shade and take other steps to protect prisoners doing agricultural labor from dangerous ...

Ukrainian, Angolan Presidents Discuss Partnership In Agriculture, Technology. Zelensky said this in a post on Telegram , according to Ukrinform. I met with President of Angola Joao Lourenco. We talked ...

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.

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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.