# A Court Found Conditions at Louisiana’s Prison Farm Unconstitutional. It Let Them Continue Anyway.

> A federal judge ruled that conditions on the Farm Line at Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola), where incarcerated workers are forced to labor in extreme heat for as little as zero to four cents an h…

**Published**: 2026-06-11
**Source**: https://gps.press/gps-news/a-court-found-conditions-at-louisianas-prison-farm-unconstitutional-it-let-them-continue-anyway/
**Author**: Georgia Prisoners' Speak

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A federal judge ruled that conditions on the Farm Line at Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola), where incarcerated workers are forced to labor in extreme heat for as little as zero to four cents an hour, violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. However, citing a recent Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in *Parker v. Hooper*, the…