Children in the former death row unit at Angola, one of the nation’s most infamous prisons, have been locked in solitary confinement, shackled while they eat and play, and attacked by guards.
Last year, the Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice began transferring children to Angola, the state’s most notorious prison. Since then, kids say they’ve suffered through horrific conditions and routine mistreatment.
On Election Day, voters in Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont will decide whether to close loopholes in their state constitutions allowing the forced labor of incarcerated people.
The state is sending virus-positive people to Angola prison—but those numbers aren’t reported on the Department of Corrections website.
Criminal justice advocates have called Camp J at the Louisiana State Penitentiary ‘a dungeon.’ Now it’s housing prisoners who have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Trial begins in class action suit alleging medical neglect by Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Ronald Brooks was helping plan a prison strike when he was abruptly transferred to a new prison hours away.
People incarcerated at Angola want opportunities for education instead of hard labor in the fields.