(Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once again ... as “modern-day slavery,” pointing to the fact that some inmates are paid as little ...

Angola prison workers make between 2 and 40 cents ... The final event of the day is called Guts and Glory, during which incarcerated competitors must retrieve a poker chip affixed between a ...

“They don’t have to send me money because I work every day, and I rodeo. And I earn it in a good way,” he said. The Angola Prison Rodeo consists of several competitions that make it an ...

Tickets can be purchased online in advance by going to the Angola rodeo website or by calling the number (225) 655-2030 or (225) 655-2607. Each day of the rodeo, the gates to the prison will open ...

America's most famous prison rodeo returns in 2025 at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola with a new warden ... The rodeo action starts at 2 p.m. on each day featuring what the warden ...

But for people at the prison commonly referred to as Angola, being sent to the "farm ... Just a few dozen people a day are sometimes working in the fields on the "farm line," one corrections ...

Several months ago, in a lawsuit that was in its ninth year, a federal judge blasted the medical care at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola ... like “the day of prison reform was ...