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…
The Classic New Orleans launches espresso line, native artwork collection
Hearken to this text The Classic New Orleans has partnered with native artist Terrance Osborne to launch a espresso line of sustainably sourced varieties, along with Osborne being the primary artist featured within the restaurant’s “Signature Louisiana Artwork Sequence” marketing campaign. Osborne’s…
Ryan Reynolds Reveals Disney’s Bob Iger Requested Him To Reduce Deadpool and Wolverine Line
Did Deadpool and Wolverine go too far? Ryan Reynolds speaks on the one joke that Bob Iger requested him to chop from the Marvel movie. To many, Deadpool and Wolverine served as a lampooning of the sacred cow that was…
‘Grossly inadequate’: Decide blasts DOC-suggested fixes for Angola’s Farm Line
The Louisiana Division of Corrections is exhibiting a “callous disregard for human well being and security” in its paltry response to a July courtroom order, a federal choose discovered on Thursday. In the beginning of July, U.S. District Decide Brian…
Angola’s proposed Farm Line repair ‘borders on dangerous religion,’ legal professionals contend
Final month, in a high-profile victory for Louisiana prisoners, a federal decide acknowledged the insupportable situations endured by prisoners engaged on the “Farm Line” on the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, and ordered that the Division of Corrections make swift…
Fifth Circuit appeals court docket sides with Angola’s Farm Line employees
On Friday night, the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit instructed the state Division of Corrections that it should adjust to an earlier district-court order to “right the evident deficiencies of their heat-related insurance policies” for employees pressured…
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…