Competing to be the best s-p-e-l-l-e-r inside Angola prison
A buzzed-about spelling bee returns to the United States’ biggest maximum security prison.
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Criminal Justice
Asking why and how, and what needs to be done.
Judge extends an additional 90 days of protection for Angola Farm Line
Order continues for the second consecutive summer. Once the heat index hits 88 degrees, the DOC must provide some relief to the men working for pennies an hour in the prison’s fields.
Reforms resulted from the thousands left to drown in OPP
The 2005 abandonment of incarcerated people within the flooded Orleans Parish jail complex became one of the catalysts to reform the city’s dysfunctional justice system
The cry that wasn’t heard could be the cry that lights the awakening
That day, I could hear the baby crying. I could hear Nicholas unraveling. Then the phone went dead. Looking back, I see the baby’s death as an indictment.
The gospel of Chuck
Blessed are the ones who live with vigor | Despite life’s tragic comedy.
Hell on Earth
Men incarcerated within Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola want relief from the prison’s extreme heat and overcrowding.
Police
Regardless of how nervous this might make a kid, everything intensifies when your family is Black and big, white, tobacco-spitting cops approach your car in the middle of nowhere.
Unlocking opportunity:
It’s a familiar scenario. Potential employers see criminal histories and don’t hire. In New Orleans, improvements to the city’s “Ban the Box” ordinance could better challenge employment barriers. An Oct. 11 ballot amendment could expand that protection to include housing
From jailhouse lawyer to clerk of court candidate
Calvin Duncan’s unfinished mission for justice moves to a race for political office
From prison to justice
Calvin Duncan’s fight to free himself and others from a broken system — an interview by Bernard Smith.
