State wins lawsuit over Angola ‘farm line’ working conditions

By: Robert Stewart, Verite

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 1,026

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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Although prisoners face dangerously harsh conditions while working the “farm line” at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola — including laboring outdoors in extreme heat — a federal judge presiding over a long-running suit filed by prisoners forced to work in the fields around Angola has ruled he could not force the state to fix the problem.

In a 60-page opinion released Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson in Baton Rouge said his decision …

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