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
$6250 for each of his 28 years behind bars. from 2016 to 2020, 374 people wrongfully convicted of murder, 61% african-americans, have reunited with their families together they spent over 6000 years in prison. years. years they will never get back. that s all for this edition of dateline. i am craig melvin. thank you for watching. i am craig melvin and this is dateline. leading up to this assign what it was going to be like. i had so many thoughts leading to this assignment as to what it would be like. trying to imagine going down isoad, knowing it s a one- way trip. this moment where you get your last glimpse of the world around you, but that glimpse is through steelman mesh. louisiana highway 66. it s beautiful countryside and undoubtedly not lost on the countless men driven to the place where they will most likely die. that road ends here. the louisiana state penitentiary, a former plantation. the size of manhattan. 28 square miles. most people call it angola named
with powerful, easy-to-use tools power e trade makes complex trading easier react to fast-moving markets with dynamic charting and a futures ladder that lets you place, flatten, or reverse orders so you won t miss an opportunity like every maximum prison, angola can be a dangerous place. on this morning, a knife is found. and when that happens, this is the response, a shakedown. what we have here is what appears to be crushed up medication. we have seen a couple shakedowns. what do you find? captains along with
angola can be a dangerous place. on this morning a knife is found. and when that happens, this is the response, a shakedown. what we have here is what appears to be crushed up medication. we have seen a couple shakedowns. what do you mind? captains along with assistant warden anne marie say being a corrections you have officer is one of the toughest jobs in the wor world. he isn t alone. studies have shown corrections officers have a significantly higher suicide rate than the general population. can you give me some specific antidotes of things that have happened to you? a defendant threw human waste out the cell at me. what can you do to that offender? here like in so many other
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