Despite reforms in recent years, Louisiana continues to have some of the highest incarceration rates in the world, having more people in jail than any other democracy on Earth, according
Despite reforms in recent years, Louisiana continues to have some of the highest incarceration rates in the world, having more people in jail than any other democracy on Earth, according
board himself. i m realizing he has been in prison longer than i have been alive alive. that s i can t even wrap my head around it. it was a unanimous vote. parole granted. i was there moments after a surprisingly subdued hampton learned the news. so, now a new adventure begins? yeah. life on the outside. yeah. can you imagine what that might be like? it will be pretty exciting. a few days later, hampton walked free for the first time in 61 years. we ll stop and drop your stuff off at your apartment and andrew hundley is here to help hampton, because in 2016, hundley started a nonprofit called, the parole project. by 2020 it had helped more than 40 juvenile lifers re-enter society. that the spot? oh yeah. hampton s first taste of the outside world, a fast food hamburger with everything on
Five "10/6 lifers" have recently been released after more than 50 years behind bars at Angola Prison in Louisiana. Prison reform advocates pushed for their release after decades-old plea deals were ignored.