And Duncan's former prison, Angola, has a significant role in the state's history of prison policy. Life sentences weren't always a "no way out" situation. For most of the 20th century, the ...

They are serving life sentences at Angola prison, in rural Louisiana, with little to no hope for release. Many are elderly; they have not seen the outside world, or their families, for decades.

The prison population was graying, and not just at Angola. According to federal statistics , from 1991 to 2021, the percentage of state and federal inmates 55 and older grew from 3% to 15%.

Rob is home, but not fully free. In 'Time II,' the couple works to free others serving excessive sentences—and to end Rob’s ...

Cain arrived at Angola in 1995, three years into Garner's life sentence. In 1997, the warden came across a newspaper article about a hospice program in Baton Rouge, the state capital.

Project highlights more than 100 men serving life sentences at Angola Prison by: LBJ. Posted: Aug 9, 2022 / 05:41 PM CDT. Updated: Aug 9, 2022 / 07:40 PM CDT.

He actually hasn’t existed for, like, over 20 years.” These men are serving life sentences at Angola prison in Louisiana. They don’t have the possibility of parole.

They were sentenced to life in prison without parole. ... The concept of prison hospice began to spread. In 2006, and again in 2012, Angola hosted a prison hospice conference.

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.

Officials said Clark was serving a life sentence for the murder of fellow inmate Dolan Franklin in 2018. He was initially in prison for serving a 75-year sentence for armed robbery in Bossier Parish.

The Angola Prison Rodeo is the only rodeo in the country where incarcerated men compete ... That's Donald Cook. He's been at Angola since 1991, serving a life sentence for murder. He knows the ...

Today, prison labor is a multibillion-dollar industry. Prisoners construct furniture for government facilities, make road signs and police officer gear, tend cattle (for the market, not for inmate ...