Sunday event at fairgrounds featured Mexican bull riding by Rancho El Bendito and a variety of Latino bands as well as dancing, food and other festivities.

The Angola Prison Rodeo is the only rodeo in the country where incarcerated men compete in bull riding, buck breaking and other controversial, dangerous events. The Gulf States Newsroom’s Drew ...

Founded just months after the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, the Angola Prison Rodeo has become deeply embedded in southern Louisiana’s culture and masked these realities.

Angola prison workers make between 2 and 40 cents an hour. They also have a controversial outlet for recreation and to vend their wares at market rate: a rodeo.

Every Sunday in October, people can attend the Angola Prison Rodeo, also known as “The Wildest Show in the South.” The event has food, shopping and a lot of fun.

The fall Angola Prison Rodeo is back at Louisiana State Penitentiary and taking place each Sunday in October. The rodeo events are scheduled for October 6, 13, 20 and 27.

The fall Angola Prison Rodeo is back each Sunday in October, offering the best in prison rodeo excitement.This month's rodeo events are October 6, 13, 20, and 27. Tickets can be purchased now ...

The Angola Prison Rodeo, known as The Wildest Show in the South, began in 1965 and is the oldest event of its kind in America.

The Angola Prison Rodeo, known as The Wildest Show in the South, began in 1965 and is the oldest event of its kind in America.

The sights and sounds of an Angola Rodeo can sometimes bring a family together.

Jerome Derricks, an Angola inmate, painted this black and white interpretation of Andrew Wyeth's "Christina's World," adding a dog, boy and his kite to make his painting more interesting.

After a two-season hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Angola Prison Rodeo returns with 11 events, hobby crafts to buy.