Competing to be one of the best s-p-e-l-l-e-r inside Angola jail
This story was initially printed by Jail Journalism Challenge. Just a few days in the past, The Lens obtained an e mail from Lawson Strickland, the award-winning author who reported in regards to the spelling bee from Angola jail, the…
Decide extends an extra 90 days of safety for Angola Farm Line
Mike Banford can nonetheless keep in mind how sizzling the metallic from his instruments obtained within the sizzling Louisiana solar. “Once you come out within the area at 7 within the morning, they gone provide you with a L-blade or…
As summer time nears, Angola Farm Line staff once more demand extra protections in opposition to warmth
Incarcerated males compelled to work the fields on the “Farm Line” on the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola are as soon as once more urging a federal decide to pressure the state Division of Public Security and Corrections to supply…
Decide orders Angola to offer Farm Line staff entry to shade, relaxation, sunscreen, and water
The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola should contemplate the “human well being and security” wants of incarcerated individuals who toil for pennies an hour within the jail’s fields, a federal decide dominated on Tuesday. On behalf of incarcerated individuals who…
Angola prisoners ask to finish subject work in worst warmth
For many years, Angola has pressured prisoners to work in fields in excessive warmth. At the moment, they urged a federal decide to halt the observe. Prisoners filed an emergency movement about working in the summertime warmth, as a part…
Well being care abuse at Louisiana’s Angola jail
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — It began with a telephone name from Janice Parker, a New Orleans girl whose son was locked up on the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Parker instructed Richard Webster, an investigative reporter for Professional Publica and…