Advocates say the ruling amounts to “a victory without a remedy” in a case challenging what they describe as slavery-like forced labor at Louisiana State Penitentiary. A federal court has declined to order permanent relief in a class-action lawsuit challenging the Louisiana State Penitentiary’s controversial “Farm Line,” leaving intact a prison labor system that incarcerated […]
Today marks four days of an ongoing hunger strike led by nineteen individuals detained at the new Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Camp J at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (“Angola”). Their demands are: Medical care, mental health care, and necessary prescription medications Basic necessities such as toilet paper, sufficient hygiene products, and ample clean water […]
On Saturday, the Promise of Justice Initiative (PJI) and Rights Behind Bars, two nonprofit advocacy groups, filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Corrections and Prison Enterprises challenging the practice of forced agricultural labor at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, or Angola.
Although the United States officially outlawed slavery more than 150 years ago, that hasn't stopped the practice from continuing; albeit limited to state prison systems. This year, voters in Louisiana join Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont in an attempt to change that practice.
On Tuesday, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a plan to improve security and conditions at the Bridge City detention center: some of what Bill Sommers, deputy secretary of the Office of Juvenile Justice called "the most troubled youth" currently housed at the Bridge City Center For Youth will be moved to a "secure, independent housing unit" at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in West Feliciana Parish.
Little did Fox and Rob Richardson know that six months after their marriage, they would spend the next 21 years fighting a 60-year sentence in Angola.
After 41 years in prison for a crime committed as a teenager, Barry Williams was recently granted parole. He was represented by the Tulane Criminal Justice Clinic.
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