i had so many thoughts leading up to this assignment as to what it was gonna be like. trying to imagine going down this road, knowing it s a one-way trap. there s this moment when you get this last glimpse of the world around you, but that glimpse is through steal match. louisiana s highway 66. it s a beautiful countryside. it s undoubtedly not lost on the countless men driven to the place where they ll most likely die. but road ends here. the louisiana state penitentiary. a former plantation the size of manhattan. 28 square miles. most people call it angola, named after the african country that was home to the slaves who once worked these very fields. now, angela is the largest maximum security prison in the country, where today, i ll be housed with about 5500 men. i m heading into ground zero of mass incarceration. there s certainly a heightened awareness as i walk through here. no guards. for the next couple days, i ll be staying here, explain key issues of the pri
concludes the police force was inadequately trained. among the recommendations. new fencing, and the ability to call for help for forces like the national guard. but that means more money. that means bipartisan agreement and a sharply divided congress. some are complaining that he is biased and others are going it alone on the security matters. they did not consult me on security measures and they are not consulting me about he taking them down. however, they have not relayed to me what an internal threat is within the capitol. we need buy in to implement the common sense recommendations that his team put forth. but we seem to have a difference of opinion on addressing many important issues. the thing that really concerned me is that, the report itself just explains in just simple detail how disorganized the command structure was, how no one had clear rules of engagement, it s crying out for a 9-11 style of commission. who has a longer period of time to look at what reall
and members of congress. among the report s recommendations, new fencing, boosting intelligence teams, more officers, and the ability to instantly call for help for forces like the national guard. but that means more money. that means bipartisan agreement in a sharply divided congress. even though they were all under attack. some republicans are accusing general honore of partisan bias. others complain democrats are going it alone on the security measures. the majority didn t consult me before they implemented security measures and they re not consulting me about taking those security measures down. however, they still have not relayed to me what an internal threat is within the capitol. we need bicameraal buy-in to implement the common sense recommendations his team has put forth. but we seem to have a difference of opinion on addressing many important issues. the thing that really concerned me is that the report itself just explains in just simple detail how disorganiz
offenders should never be treated the same as an adult. we put thousands of kids in adult jails and prisons. we started prosecuting these kids. even today we have states with no minimum age for trying a child as an adult. so, i don t think we should ever put children in adult jails in prison. what about ones that committed violent crimes like murder? we were children when we got children incarcerated. i m sitting in on a support group run by an assistant warden. all these men committed their crimes before they were adults and were given sentences of life without the possibly of parole. they re called juvenile lifers. i was 16 years old when i committed my crime. i was 17 years old. i committed my crime at the age of 16. there were about 2,000 juvenile lifers like them in u. s. prisons today. i was a lot different at 17 than i am at 60 now. but still at 17, i still knew right from
because your daddy was in prison, and your kid will be in prison. are you afraid for your prison? yeah, i definitely am. i mean, when i grew up, i didn t know my father. my father got murdered when i was three years old. i never knew him. it s hard to imagine knowing that you will be spending the rest of your life here, especially if you re convicted as a teenager. advocates like brian stevenson say juvenile offenders should never be treated the same as an adult. we put thousands of kids in adult jails and prisons. we started prosecuting these kids. even today we have states with no minimum age for trying a child as an adult. so, i don t think we should ever put children in adult jails in prison. what about ones that committed violent crimes like murder? we were children when we got children incarcerated. i m sitting in on a support group. all these men committed their crimes before they were