However, it was recently revealed that a number of prison guards had been selling the female inmates to the male inmates in order to make money. The print magazine that brings our journalism behind bars. Rebecca McDonald in her sons bedroom in Glenmora, La. What makes it even worse is that Louisiana locks up more people than any other state and this in a country that locks up more people than any other developed country. Also watch: In this video, an OPP prisoner talks about her Katrina ordeal. Samuel Lawrence James Quarters C, 1901 Prison camp, July 1934. Q. A legislative committee in May asked its auditor to investigate the use of solitary in state facilities; that investigation has not yet been completed. 10 of the Worst Prisons in the World | HowStuffWorks Louisiana was one of the first states to use convict leasing, a form of slavery where inmates were leased out to private companies. The ACLU has a long running class action suit to improve healthcare for inmates at Angola], All Cases Handled on a Percentage Basis - You Don't Pay Unless We Win, Schedule a FREE consultation to Learn Your Rights & Options 866.836.4684. And, um, it looked like it was an isolated event, if it happened.. Donations from readers like you are essential to sustaining this work. Theyre scared, theyre mad, theyre confused, theyre away from their homes. As of late February, the teen had been held in solitary confinement for at least a month, his mother said. When asked about the video, Gusman responded: It supposedly happened over four years ago. That is the way it is today in most jails and prisons. These, of course, are not written by inmates from inside the prisons infamous walls, but by visitors to the Angola Museum, a low white building that draws travelers down miles of back roads north from Baton Rouge and dumps them off at an unlikely attraction: the looming gates of the countrys largest maximum security facility. A fourth was found dead after allegedly being beaten and pepper sprayed (PDF). Knowing that youre behind us means so much. Family members say that he too repeatedly complained that he was suffering from severe abdominal pain.
