I served 27 years in prison, in Georgia, on a sentence of life plus 30 years for felony murder and trafficking cocaine. While I was incarcerated my son got a life sentence in Louisiana and he's at Angola. In Louisiana a life sentence means exactly that, which is unfair to me. I know how much I changed while in prison and I'm thankful for a second chance. With that chance I've become a 15X published author and a successful publisher. Without a second chance all of these men can't ever atone.
I'm sorry, but I think murderers should stay for life. The person they murdered can never come back, they can never write another book or have another son. But I'm glad your life was turned around. I pray your son's turns around too, if he hasn't already.
Do you ever think about the person you killed? Was it justified? What age did you realize you need to change your life? Just a couple of questions from a young guy.
God's plan always works for good. Sometimes it doesn't seem right and hell sometimes We lose loved ones. But man can only kill the body, the soul belongs to God . Keep the faith.
This was the one place that my dad took me to when I was lil, to visit someone, that made me build up a mindset that I never wanted to be in ANY jail system.
I'm shook that this prison is called Angola. The fact that this former plantation, history of prison slave labor, is nicknamed after the first country African slaves were stolen from. It's as if the system is mocking emancipation, "Oh you want to go back to Africa, I got your Africa. Welcome to Angola. Get back to work."
African slaves weren't stolen they were sold, usually by other African tribes and groups that had conquered them, but sometimes also by their own leaders.
angola is the town. nothing wrong with naming the prison that. african blacks sold their own people into slavery first to the arab muslims then 400 years later to euros. quit playing teh victim card. indigenous indians here had slaves and killed their own and fought over lands way before any white euro got here. the muslim ottoman empire had WHITE SLAVES. get over yourself. get educated.
Young people this is reality. As tough as you are this will become reality. Nothing here is a goal. Take witness. do not become witness or victim. Choose positive actions to make a better future.
Not thirty years consecutive we had a couple stretches where we were not first place. Also that’s not what this is about, the man presenting this video shoe horned that in himself and then said the Warden called it absurd even tho he didn’t say that.
Tough sentencing laws ain’t gonna deter crime. You expect the effect to stop the cause ? . Ppl still think they not gonna get caught . Also remember a lot of ppl are in prison because they couldn’t afford a proper lawyer and they got screwed
@@ruso3122 “if you cannot afford a lawyer one will be provided to you” you do get a lawyer from the public defender and they’re usually really good older/retired lawyers. But they don’t get paid that much
That place ain't no joke. I went there my senior year for a field trip. And the prisoners that were there to speak with us. Keep saying over and over again while we was there. To stay in your books and stay out of the prison system.
@VictorHN that's not what I'm saying. Only idiot racists bring race into everything. What I'm saying is just because a person says they are innocent for thirty years dosent make then innocent. I had a lifer as a celly once and he had me convinced he didnt kill his wife her boyfriend and he was set up only to find out later he killed her on camera.
Lei Katze, I don’t know where you are writing from but you need to try living in some real stink hole places. The poorest in this country including those in prison are better off than 90% of the world.
@VictorHN Do you even know what a white nationalist is?? A nationalist is someone who puts their country first, has patriotism....what is wrong with being a nationalist??? And what is wrong with being white??
@@streetbizzmixtapes Napoleonic law, makes me sick. I got arrested for a crime I didn't commit. No thanks to them they had to nolle prosse. Fucked up state to say the least.
So true my Parents was Born in Mississippi.. and I still have family that lives there and two of cousin work on Death Row at Angola and some of story they told us it is crazy ..There is a movie on Netflix watch it when you get a chance..
When I was a teenager, I got in trouble a lot. I eventually ended up at an alternative school and on probation. The alternative school took us on a field trip to angola. At that time, Angola only housed criminals serving life sentences. So everyone there,at that time,was never getting out. They’ve obviously changed that now. It was a very interesting experience. One thing that stands out was "the hole” There was a small building in the middle of the field. It’s just a one room building. Very small, and it was where they would put an inmate when they got in trouble. One door and one small window. No glass in the window and no air conditioning. All alone in the middle of a big field separate from the prison. Whatever food that was being served to the inmates that day would be put in a blender and served that way to whoever was out in that building. The whole meal blended and then baked. If there was dessert with dinner, then that would be blended together with the meal too. It seemed like it would be torture. Being in this concrete building in the middle of the field with the hot Louisiana sun beaming down and served slop for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There had to be some kind of human rights violations going on. They probably don’t do it anymore. That was one part of the visit that I always remembered very well.
I'm in my 40s now, following the straight n narrow...but, I too as a teen was a wild one also, had some good times,had some bad times, but never went to prison. Been to jail a time or two on small offenses, but nothing horrible. Thank you for sharing that experience with us about your field trip to Angola...I wished we would've done that in highschool. That place interests me a lot. Thanks again❤
There's a beautiful state park not too far from the prison, and during the summer my god its miserable here. The "hole" is a thing at most/all prisons, but in Louisianas climate in particular it would for sure be something to avoid.
@wesleyalan9179 just seeing your comment lol yes, bc it was an alternative school they brought us there as a way to "scare us" we walked around the dorms where the inmates slept and they showed us different parts of the prison. At the end of the visit, a man who was there for murder came in to speak with us. He shared how he got a life sentence and his experience as an inmate and also how he has changed his life around even though he is in prison etc etc. I actually think back now, and it may have been a pretty dangerous experience for us, too. A bunch of teenagers are visiting a prison where everyone is doing life sentences. Mostly for murder. Obviously, we had guards with us, but still. I don't think I would let my kids go on that kind of field trip lol nothing happened, thankfully, and it was a good experience.
For the life of me, I can't tell if the reporter is saying what Angola & Warden Cain has done is good or bad. When he got there, it was the bloodiest, most violent prison in the US. He also doesn't mention that the prisoners grow most of there own food or that Cain speaks at many parole hearings for prisoners. Yes, it's still a max prison but it's a hell of a better place than it was. Or compared to many other prisons.
@@adabsurdum3314He is corrupt. Put 3 people in solitary for killing a guard . Had no evidence against them . Also his illegal financial dealings. Criminal himself.
I did 10 years(2000-2010)on a unit in texas where the average sentence was 40years. I lost count of how many dudes I met that will never see the light of day. Sadly, these dudes are the only ones that seem to get it. Guys that get shorter time never seem to realize that their lifestyle is Bull$hit......until its too late! I wish more people would take these old timers advice and take advantage at a 2nd chance they will never get!
Real talk! I did a long bid myself. It’s sad and comical at that the same time how the young guys seem to not make the connection between their life style and the end result.
Thats the thing man them lifers im from ct the north but man u gotta tread lightly never talk about going home be really careful huh i know when i did a level 4 part of the bid boy i had my cellie kind of schooled me cause i went back 4 viol of parole so my level went⬆️ so i was a level 4 my cellie told me dont talk bout the 🌎cause they will snap n go crazy boy but actually some of the hard time dudes seem to have more respect than the level 2 or 3 dudes idk n being in a cell seemsxlike my time went faster idk dorms 🤔 there dirty besides the fact of cookd up in the cell 22 hours work out as long as a like minded or descent cellie can work out etc.my bad bout novel fam.
I did 3 years. I didn't need anyone's advice I will never get caught up again.. But one thing for show is that that 3 year bid cost me a lifetime of hinder
Kendra Swanson that’s not true. Do you have any idea how many plantations there were in Louisiana? Thousands. In every different parish. It’s actually unlikely their ancestors worked that land unless the inmates are from the surrounding area of the prison.
That just doesn’t make sense. More than .1 percent of them are white. you have no clue what you are talking about why comment some ignorant shit anyway
@jacob leblanc, that's not how statistics work bud. The prison could be 10 percent black (it's actually 80 percent) and there would still be a high chance that they had ancestors that worked on plantations such as Angola.
Visited Angola a few years back and met these guys. Completely changed my opinion on capital punishment. Who many of these men were are not who they are now.
The man is riding a mule! What year is this? The plantation has never left Louisiana! The US allows this process. What is wrong with America and the salvation & control of black bodies. Give help AFTER they commit a crime. Mind blogging!!!
For those who have not heard of the story of the 'Angola 3', Google it. Shocking. Those of us outside of America looking in, seeing how children are sent to Supermax prisons, children are thrown into institutions like Rikers and held indefinitely in solitary confinement , mostly black men are sent down for life to work on modern day plantations (Angola was a former plantation and named after the country from which most of the slaves were captured). The American justice/prison system is an utter disgrace. “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”
Amen to that. I don't have a problem with making every abled bodied person work in prison because the tax payers should not have to support them. Plus it gives the ones that have never worked a chance to see how working to support themselves feels. Every prison should be a farm with everything this one has. Angola is probably self sufficient in by selling the horses and maybe even some of the vegetables gives them money to buy everything they need that can't be made there like personals and snacks and shoes unless they put a shoe factory on the grounds which would not be a bad idea. And these things give them marketable experience so they can return to life outside the prison.
Amen to that. However I don't think that it's a problem for inmates to grow there own food because it shouldn't be the responsibility of the state ie: tax payers to be responsible for them but it should not be treated like a plantation nor should anyone be treated badly or like a slave. They should all be assigned a job unless they can't physically/ mentally work. I believe that society should not be a money society it should be we take care of each other barter system no matter what our skill sets are. Because now we have the 1% that think they are better than others because they are rich and should be treated better, everyone should be treated the same. The rich get richer while the rest of us barely make or don't make it at all. Homelessness should be possible, there shouldn't be landlords just like the Amish/Mennonites the community gets together and builds homes for others. Most times if someone has their own they take care of it but this must be taught from toddlerhood.
Big homie TREY da OG coming home after 30 yrs another 17 days n counting, last 27 yrs in Angola now make the most of next 30 yrs on outside. #17daysncounting
Me Yeah my cousin is out thanks 4 asking about him, I thought he would be himself when he came out but there are some days where he would shut everybody out n sit quietly n not talk to anybody I feel like I can’t do anything to help him, all his friends have moved on they have family n kids n working, it makes him depressed I know it will take time for him to be normal again but this thing called instutionalized keeps our family worried some days he goes without talking to anybody n that’s when we feel he will do something stupid I hope it doesn’t come to this, next week he will be working in our garages n hopefully it will give him some stability n structure.
@@sampq3708 wow. Hopefully the job makes him feel better about things. I can imagine after all those years he has to feel weird and alone. Just love him hard. Man, I hope he stay free.
@@sampq3708 I hope he goes to a psychologist. No I'm not saying your cousin is mentally ill. The whole purpose of a psychologist is to help him with his mind. See he's free outside, but in his mind he may not be. Some individuals don't go through mental hardships when they're locked up for so long, but some people do. We don't know what he experienced in that place. Church is a great place also, him getting that spiritual connection will certainly help keep him free.
Many of the guys in Angola with life sentences should have their sentences commuted to time already served. They're truly changed men and are no longer a threat to society.
your comment confuses me because they are growing stuff and they do eat it? and inmates at fountain, jester, and lsp/angola has good nice fresh food compared to the rejected reheated cisco shit up north. that the one nice perk of serfdom, you gotta be fed and the better the food the more productive you be.
Some of these guys serving life sentences should be given a second chance depending on the individual. They could be out in the free world doing counseling to misguided youth who might even prevent one of them from committing murder
They may be criminals but they are still people. You can't reform everyone I know that, but some you can like these people here and that's a good thing. Bravo.
+Casey C I agree, my fiance' is in Angola right now as we speak, and it is AMAZING how far he has come in the 13 years he has been in. Completely different man.
+David Frigault Oh I know. Louisiana a lone has one of the highest incarceration rates, we throw everyone in prison! It's a shame. They give drug addicts life but slap a pedophile on the wrist. 😑🙄
Casey C Warden Cain was one of the best. He is true to his word. I have been visiting the prison for 33 years. My father is their. He have been Class A trustee for 30 years.
Dexter Karl they’ve been domesticated dummy the political campaign of the penal system is reforming inmates into productive citizens in society not for society but now it’s blatantly thrown out the window for any hope of that opportunity & justified to take those same reformed individuals & use they’re past downfall, that has been repented of as well as the recompense overpaid for, as a just means of enslaving them
they’ve been domesticated dummy the political campaign of the penal system is reforming inmates into productive citizens in society not for society but now it’s blatantly thrown out the window for any hope of that opportunity & justified to take those same reformed individuals & use they’re past downfall, that has been repented of as well as the recompense overpaid for, as a just means of enslaving them
Everyone praising this warden, how he's helping them. It's all a front for literal slavery. While it may be helpful to the prisoners in some capacity, it just further deepens and reinforces the rascim in America. It also doesn't matter if they get rehabed, they're in for life anyway. If they're rehabed, why not let them go then? Oh right, free labour, sounds an awful lot like something that was happening about 200 years ago.
It wasn't a plantation. It was a slave 'breeding' facility, like they breed horses. When the children were old enough, like six years old, they were put on the block, and if someone wanted to buy them, they'd be taken from their mothers. Sentences in Louisiana are the harshest in America.
@Paul Smith If they weren't buying six year olds, they wouldn't have advertised for them, with prices listed. I assume it was like for cattle. Look at the parents, or rather the "Sire" and "Dam," and you could have a pretty good expectation. And by the way, the largest slave market in the US, which was in Charleston, and which is five or six stories tall (I can't remember), belonged to the Bush family. You know, George and George W. They also advertised for children. Google it.
Slavery is a fact of life. My aunt was kidnapped by North Africans and forced into chattel slavery, she is white. Sometimes things happen and there is nothing you can do
@@purromemes7395 There's plenty they could do today. Doing away with locking up black people in a former slave plantation, and giving them Life Without Parole for crimes committed in their teens that would get them a year or two in any other state might be a good start. That fucking place is disgusting.
I have a cousin who served 13 years in the state of Tennessee on a second degree murder charge he would have had a mandatory life sentence without parole in Louisiana that’s crazy!!
It is hard watching inmates who have served vast amounts of time and who really do seem to be rehabilitated, just rotting in jail and not being allowed to volunteer/ work back in the community. Burl Cain should institute a "scared straight" program for young Louisiana offenders who are at real risk of ending up in Angola & this program should be a 2 week (not 2 hours) "Boot Camp" run by Trustees that show young criminals what being locked up for life really entails.
I was a Sergeant at Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola). Fascinating article.. But, Cain has been gone for a while. What are your excuses now for the inhumane treatment of the offenders and THE STAFF. 😢😢
Building this chapel was the greatest honor God allowed me. The altar was painted by Miguel VElez who killed Barry Seals. I have been going to Angola for 21 plus years, and thank God when Warden Cain allowed me and a dear friend the honor to build this chapel, it provides a place were inmates can visit and find meaning for their lives.
I think these guys are making the best of an awful situation. The warden is giving these guys a chance to have a somewhat normal life despite being locked up.
Formally a prison known for its high rates of violence, the over all quality of life as well as inmate safety has drastically improved since this warden took over and started giving people something to do with their hands and minds. Flip side of the coin.
And I wouldn't change it for the world. So much individual freedom without big government up my ass. I have my land, guns and god which is why is all my ancestors wanted when they left europe.
How about you educate yourself before you make claims like that. Have you ever been? Have you seen these places first hand in the 21st century? Don't speak without knowing.
What most people dont realize that Angola was a plantation that got turned into a prison. They didnt want to free the male slaves so alot of them were put in on trumped up charges.
More prisons need to implement the work program at Angola. The 2 inmates that were working in the field said nothing negative. In fact, one said "I love it." I grew up in Louisiana going to the Angola Rodeo, and you had the ability to interact with the inmates who would sell the goods (furniture, paintings, leather purses, leather shoes, jewelry, etc.) made in the work program. All the inmates were very appreciative of the skills they learned there and acknowledged working was much better than being stuck in their cells. The prison "slavery" is a fabrication.
A white warden over 6500 black inmates who are descendants of Angola, Africa while pushing religion is a form of modern day slavery. Many inmates serving sentences for crimes not committed is not freedom but slavery. Furthermore, a life sentence without parole is slavery to the prison industrial complex for profit system. Louisiana has the strictest sentencing laws to keep the plantation fully occupied with modern day slaves and investors satisfied.
Merriam Webster defines slavery as "the state of a person who is held in forced servitude," so yeah this is still slavery. There were plenty of slaves who said they liked it pre civil war, but when it's all you can do and there's no other option, the brain finds ways to rationalize harsh treatment. It won't ever not be slavery unless they are paid what their labor is worth, their skills are made useful for entry into the greater labor market, and most importantly they have a chance at freedom if they turn around. Rehabilitation should always be top priority.
@@zeyadsaeed9580you’re freaking out in a ton of comments, you realize not all these guys in prison even want to be rehabilitated right ? You do realize there are horrible people in there right ? There’s also a shit ton of jobs in the prison, not just work outside. Because the bloody mess before there was work offered was better right ? Please. You want these guys to just sit here and do nothing ?? They’d go crazy.
Ive noticed that there arent many people from out of state there. I remember watching a documentary about Angola. It was so sad to see mothers crying sons dying and just the hopelessness of the situation. I realize they have committed horrible crimes. Some probably belong there. But u have some who dont.
Been to Angola now for 7 years I go as a volunteer teaching people about the millwright craft and those guys I’m teaching are some the most reliable and respectful people I have ever met I’ll level with y’all I’m in favor of the death penalty because I believe there are certain crimes you can’t come back from (pedophilia) but the men I teach and train are people I wish I had on my crew on the outside, thankfully one of the men was given a second shot at life by getting the opportunity for parole and he now works for the state but I know that he isnt the only one in there who should leave
@@thesacredibis6723it is a degradation of human life if you allow one man to kill multiple others in my opinion and allow them to continue to exist as a violent threat to others if they are at risk of reoffending. many people do not care to get better. the religion in this case of this prison i really do believe is a major innovation and positive influence on these men. christianity gives hope to a hopeless situation and does not create a situation where violent men are locked in a chicken coop with nothing to lose.
The sort of disconnect is kinda wild. All those people serving a life sentence, and it's irrelevant if they would ever hurt anyone again. But on the other hand, inside the prison it's clearly acknowledged that they are decent trustworthy people
Who cares what colour he is in a painting. Should bow and pray to what you believe in and stop making things about colour. Always focusing on ‘white people’ instead of yourself and you’ll never grow
I live less than 200 miles from Angola and have been to it many times. One of my cousins is serving a life sentence there. Lousiana has the highest rate of recidivism (people returning to prison) in the world.
Here in Norway you get up to 6 years for 2nd degree murder, and between 8 to 21 years for 1st degree murder. And nobody is forcing you to work on a plantation during that time. Personally, I believe it's wrong. I believe 1st degree murder should result in death penalty.
+massoxi barradas Beats the hell out of being stuck in a cell for 23 hours a day and the inmates are obviously benefitting from the program. There's a lot more to do than guys working in the fields.
Guess the inmate "dit'n do nuffin'" enough with the slavery bs. these folks aren't slaves, they're inmates/convicts who were handed a sentence by their peers for something they were convicted of. All inmates say they're 'innocent' bs. I'd rather have them locked up- making license plates, working a garden, cleaning floors or whatever they do than on the outside committing felonies. Get over yourself and enough of your bs talk.
Terri Owens Some 'peers.' A bunch of fuckwits. Most of the inmates at Angola are so old, they couldn't commit a crime even if they wanted to. And most of the 'lifers' committed crimes that didn't even involve taking someone's life. And yet the prison is packed to capacity. Even the warden at Angola acknowledges how fucked up the system is.
Didn’t the famous led belly do time there ? I think parchment prison down Mississippi held other blues legends like booker white .My mama grew in Shreveport, Louisiana is one of the strictest laws in the land with heavy sentences.
Gd video… I got a chance to meet Burel Cain thru My Dad named WEEMAN KAUFMAN HE WAS THERE 36 years … he died their he got saved before his passing we brought him home to Rest in Peace …
Im from.up.North. NYC to be exact. Angola. I couldnt imagine the heat. I was visiting NOLA in 1986. I was blown right out of the water by.the heat! I couldnt imagine working manual.labor in August down there..imagine being a LIFER !?
To see all these black men working a field that used to be a slave plantation seems just wrong, highly unprofessional even. I mean, whats exactly the message they are going for here? The fact that a man has to be punished for his crime by law, does not mean you get to humiliate him by basically turning him in to a plantation slave. But then again, if I would have to sit out such a long sentence, God forbid, id probably rather be working outside doing farming with my fellow inmates instead of just having to sit inside all day every day. I dunno, its all just messed up.... Just think about it, this one mistake as this guy points out, this one moment of anger and losing control when you are 19 and you are still basically a kid who has no idea who and what and bam, there goes your life. You might even think that his victim got the better deal when you have to spend your whole life in a place like this, without hope, without redemption, just paying for that one mistake year after year untill you die.
I learned to look at these men with compassion. They are just the victims of this world's fucked up system, and they were trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty and ignorance. Locking them away is not the answer. Any sentence longer than 20 year is a ridiculous sentence.
I once visited Angola for a rodeo back a few years ago. When I left there and even now I was amazed of the talented people who are locked up. If only those people could have taken there talent and put it to work and what they could have been. It’s sad but just to see these people and their life now. If I could do anything I think every young person in Lousisiana should have to experience Angola before they can graduate. Also the first time a minor gets into trouble they should be forced to see Angola. This would show them that the path they are on is a DEAD END! GOD BLESS THERE SOULS!!!!!!
What about what they grow? What is the output? Where does it go? Is it for profit or rehabilitation and how do you motivate those who don't want to work to a deadline if it is a business? Is there a rotation or does it depend on length of sentence? Who is selected or who volunteers and why?
I think the majority of it goes to feed the inmates. In sure some of it is pure business. But alot of things they do are strictly helping run the prison.
Some make as little as two cents an hour and yet don't wanna be used as slaves for a very very corrupt system that is bent to not even give them another chance at a better life what a real shame and a joke and that Warden is exactly the prime example of exactly what I am reffering to
Maybe the pennies per hour is what’s left after paying for their own housing, food, clothing etc. How much of your check do you have left each month after providing for your necessities?
I see a lot of people hating on the warden here, while also not watching the second part of the video which had to do with faith. Let me clear up some misconceptions. Working there at the Angola prison has nothing to do with race. All races work on those fields, so bringing up slavery due to race is ignorant. The warden found that boredom and free time in the prison had led to violence among the inmates and resulted in high recidivism. He wanted to setup a way for inmates to have a future and work experience when they got out, and to reduce violence with the ones who were in there for good. He also wanted to install great faith within the inmates to ensure they would work hard to get right with themselves and still be a part of their family back home. Also remember, these prisoners still get paid some amount. Every since the warden came to Angola, violence had dropped significantly, recidivism had dropped by 20%, and prisoners were overall more happy to have faith in their lives. If you want more information, watch a video made by America Uncovered about this prison. Thank you.
What did faith do for them? Im sure all those catholic priests had faith while they were boinking little boys and now theyre in jail themselves. Look where faith gets u lol
I was involved with jail ministry at the local county jail. I am 72 now but up until 35 when I stopped running from Jesus I was out of control. I never did time. I give Jesus the credit for that but HE was setting me up for voluntary jail ministry. I would still be involved but covid stopped the volunteers. My goal was to show them that with Jesus you can change your lifestyle and have a future to look forward to. My goal for those looking at prison time was to get them rooted in the word and to look for the other Christians when they got to their new facility. I would love to visit Angola some day.
LOOOOL this is a total hit piece, the new warden changes everything giving new opportunities and guidance to MURDERERS and this reporter is trying to compare this to slavery what the actual fuck man
The prison system in addition to the state of Louisiana are equally profiting from this so call rehabilitation. It becomes beneficial to continue to disburse lengthy prison sentences to uneducated/ socioeconomic strickened black men. This is wrong.
So, what would you do? Young people are not being taught how to earn a living or have morals on the outside because there isn’t enough people to force them into a place (school) to learn it. So they commit a crime and are “trapped” in a building now. They could let them do nothing and go crazy (it was stated the pace was a wreck) or they could set up a system and be occupied. Louisiana is the way it is, so if you commit the crime in that state and get caught, you know what is going to happen. Which poison would you like to choose? A place where you can feel good about yourself, maybe for the first time ever? Or a place where you are gonna fight and be miserable until you finally do die?
I know more than one person who has had choice of serving their shorter sentence at parish prison or Angola and have chosen Angola because of work programs, rodeos etc....problem in Louisiana is stopping crime not prisons...we have worst state for schools etc especially in cities ( New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport) Don’t know the stats but basically if u can’t afford private or charter schools within these city limits then u are in a bind
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Along with guest speakers adding more description to the presentation.😉.
Life in Louisiana means life. Due to "mandatory minimums" (minimum amount of time you can be sentenced to) the minimum you can serve is life. And life is without the benefit of parole or probation for most offenses like murder.
As someone who's not a convict, I see something wrong with this. The warden is basically still using slavery and paying inmates little to nothing and this whole video has given off strong shawshank redemption vibes
Wow Louisiana has harsh sentencing laws hopefully people who think about committing a crime watch this video first so they can see what happens when you commit a crime always think twice before you commit a crime especially in the Louisiana
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There is allot of guys with huwhite privilege there 😆
So basically Angola is the longest running plantation in American history.
TruckerCharlie84 yep
Pretty much
Parchman ms as well. I hit it and snatched it back many days in those fields
Exactly
TruckerCharlie84 18,000 acres
I served 27 years in prison, in Georgia, on a sentence of life plus 30 years for felony murder and trafficking cocaine. While I was incarcerated my son got a life sentence in Louisiana and he's at Angola. In Louisiana a life sentence means exactly that, which is unfair to me. I know how much I changed while in prison and I'm thankful for a second chance. With that chance I've become a 15X published author and a successful publisher. Without a second chance all of these men can't ever atone.
I'm sorry, but I think murderers should stay for life. The person they murdered can never come back, they can never write another book or have another son.
But I'm glad your life was turned around. I pray your son's turns around too, if he hasn't already.
Do you ever think about the person you killed? Was it justified? What age did you realize you need to change your life? Just a couple of questions from a young guy.
Wow
@@boobyhill6921 felony murder does not always mean you killed someone.
God's plan always works for good. Sometimes it doesn't seem right and hell sometimes We lose loved ones. But man can only kill the body, the soul belongs to God . Keep the faith.
This was the one place that my dad took me to when I was lil, to visit someone, that made me build up a mindset that I never wanted to be in ANY jail system.
cause you had a good dad! rare sight, i never had one
That’s nice for you but it should be there by default. You’re not supposed to go to to jail.
These people that run the jail systems are EVIL no man should ever be locked up that long over some bullshit.
@@strat23egy50 people who kill should be locked up.
He cared for you so much and wanted you to stay on a good path. To keep away from bad people. Your dad was a great man.
"Who did you kill?"......"My wife." Whelp, that escalated quickly. Shit!
Riiiiight I was like well okay…..😳
@@drelocs2878 like wtf
I'm like what! I thought he just worked there
i gasped
And he qualified: "my FIRST wife". Seems he may have a second. I guess we can presume her life will never be endangered by him.
I'm shook that this prison is called Angola. The fact that this former plantation, history of prison slave labor, is nicknamed after the first country African slaves were stolen from. It's as if the system is mocking emancipation, "Oh you want to go back to Africa, I got your Africa. Welcome to Angola. Get back to work."
I completely agree with you.
African slaves weren't stolen they were sold, usually by other African tribes and groups that had conquered them, but sometimes also by their own leaders.
angola is the town. nothing wrong with naming the prison that. african blacks sold their own people into slavery first to the arab muslims then 400 years later to euros. quit playing teh victim card. indigenous indians here had slaves and killed their own and fought over lands way before any white euro got here. the muslim ottoman empire had WHITE SLAVES. get over yourself. get educated.
They weren’t stolen other Africans rounded them up and sold to to Europeans
Young people this is reality. As tough as you are this will become reality. Nothing here is a goal. Take witness. do not become witness or victim. Choose positive actions to make a better future.
Young people ain't gonna to listen. Until they ended up in prison
@@kewanw16 or being pimped out for Newport's and Ramen Noodles
You no the saying What goes on in Vegas and come home on probation well that is the for The State of Mississippi
You seem to be justifying this kind of modern day slavery.
@@impossiblemission4ce Maybe because it isn't slavery. It's just a normal prison.
Despite the tough sentencing laws, the murder rate in Louisiana has been higher than any other state for the last 30 consecutive years.
Gee ya wonder why? The Demographics explains it. I know most of the inmates are from New Orleans.
Not thirty years consecutive we had a couple stretches where we were not first place. Also that’s not what this is about, the man presenting this video shoe horned that in himself and then said the Warden called it absurd even tho he didn’t say that.
So, these harsh laws aren't working.
Tough sentencing laws ain’t gonna deter crime. You expect the effect to stop the cause ? . Ppl still think they not gonna get caught . Also remember a lot of ppl are in prison because they couldn’t afford a proper lawyer and they got screwed
@@ruso3122 “if you cannot afford a lawyer one will be provided to you” you do get a lawyer from the public defender and they’re usually really good older/retired lawyers. But they don’t get paid that much
That place ain't no joke. I went there my senior year for a field trip. And the prisoners that were there to speak with us. Keep saying over and over again while we was there. To stay in your books and stay out of the prison system.
When someone after 30 years still says he didn’t do it, he’s probably telling the truth
Lol that's not how it works
@VictorHN that's not what I'm saying. Only idiot racists bring race into everything. What I'm saying is just because a person says they are innocent for thirty years dosent make then innocent. I had a lifer as a celly once and he had me convinced he didnt kill his wife her boyfriend and he was set up only to find out later he killed her on camera.
There are no guilty men behind bars.
Lei Katze, I don’t know where you are writing from but you need to try living in some real stink hole places. The poorest in this country including those in prison are better off than 90% of the world.
@VictorHN Do you even know what a white nationalist is?? A nationalist is someone who puts their country first, has patriotism....what is wrong with being a nationalist??? And what is wrong with being white??
They are criminals but you can’t tell me watching this doesn’t make you uncomfortable. A moment in time is not definition of character
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In Louisiana you can get sentenced to hard labor for having a few marijuana possession, it's legal some places... The on slave mentality here
Leshondra The H is silent .... extremely TRUE
@@streetbizzmixtapes Napoleonic law, makes me sick. I got arrested for a crime I didn't commit. No thanks to them they had to nolle prosse. Fucked up state to say the least.
Leshondra tell that to the families of the victims.
Slavery never left Louisiana
They can sit in a cell or work.
Shiiiiiiit......Slavery never left America Period!!
So true my Parents was Born in Mississippi.. and I still have family that lives there and two of cousin work on Death Row at Angola and some of story they told us it is crazy ..There is a movie on Netflix watch it when you get a chance..
Slavery never left Amerkkka
@@melinatedchildofthesun4484 ye
When I was a teenager, I got in trouble a lot. I eventually ended up at an alternative school and on probation. The alternative school took us on a field trip to angola. At that time, Angola only housed criminals serving life sentences. So everyone there,at that time,was never getting out. They’ve obviously changed that now. It was a very interesting experience. One thing that stands out was "the hole” There was a small building in the middle of the field. It’s just a one room building. Very small, and it was where they would put an inmate when they got in trouble. One door and one small window. No glass in the window and no air conditioning. All alone in the middle of a big field separate from the prison. Whatever food that was being served to the inmates that day would be put in a blender and served that way to whoever was out in that building. The whole meal blended and then baked. If there was dessert with dinner, then that would be blended together with the meal too. It seemed like it would be torture. Being in this concrete building in the middle of the field with the hot Louisiana sun beaming down and served slop for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There had to be some kind of human rights violations going on. They probably don’t do it anymore. That was one part of the visit that I always remembered very well.
I'm in my 40s now, following the straight n narrow...but, I too as a teen was a wild one also, had some good times,had some bad times, but never went to prison. Been to jail a time or two on small offenses, but nothing horrible.
Thank you for sharing that experience with us about your field trip to Angola...I wished we would've done that in highschool. That place interests me a lot. Thanks again❤
There's a beautiful state park not too far from the prison, and during the summer my god its miserable here. The "hole" is a thing at most/all prisons, but in Louisianas climate in particular it would for sure be something to avoid.
@wesleyalan9179 just seeing your comment lol yes, bc it was an alternative school they brought us there as a way to "scare us" we walked around the dorms where the inmates slept and they showed us different parts of the prison. At the end of the visit, a man who was there for murder came in to speak with us. He shared how he got a life sentence and his experience as an inmate and also how he has changed his life around even though he is in prison etc etc.
I actually think back now, and it may have been a pretty dangerous experience for us, too. A bunch of teenagers are visiting a prison where everyone is doing life sentences. Mostly for murder. Obviously, we had guards with us, but still. I don't think I would let my kids go on that kind of field trip lol nothing happened, thankfully, and it was a good experience.
For the life of me, I can't tell if the reporter is saying what Angola & Warden Cain has done is good or bad. When he got there, it was the bloodiest, most violent prison in the US. He also doesn't mention that the prisoners grow most of there own food or that Cain speaks at many parole hearings for prisoners. Yes, it's still a max prison but it's a hell of a better place than it was. Or compared to many other prisons.
Lies, Cain is as corrupt as all hell
@@adabsurdum3314 I'd be interested in hearing more...
@@adabsurdum3314bullshit
@@adabsurdum3314He is corrupt. Put 3 people in solitary for killing a guard . Had no evidence against them . Also his illegal financial dealings. Criminal himself.
"Pulled ova, no seat belt on the shoulder,
led to long stay in Angola" -ZRO
My favorite rapper/singer
I did 10 years(2000-2010)on a unit in texas where the average sentence was 40years. I lost count of how many dudes I met that will never see the light of day. Sadly, these dudes are the only ones that seem to get it. Guys that get shorter time never seem to realize that their lifestyle is Bull$hit......until its too late! I wish more people would take these old timers advice and take advantage at a 2nd chance they will never get!
Real talk! I did a long bid myself. It’s sad and comical at that the same time how the young guys seem to not make the connection between their life style and the end result.
Thats the thing man them lifers im from ct the north but man u gotta tread lightly never talk about going home be really careful huh i know when i did a level 4 part of the bid boy i had my cellie kind of schooled me cause i went back 4 viol of parole so my level went⬆️ so i was a level 4 my cellie told me dont talk bout the 🌎cause they will snap n go crazy boy but actually some of the hard time dudes seem to have more respect than the level 2 or 3 dudes idk n being in a cell seemsxlike my time went faster idk dorms 🤔 there dirty besides the fact of cookd up in the cell 22 hours work out as long as a like minded or descent cellie can work out etc.my bad bout novel fam.
this is a string of 3 messages that are genuine and real and so unlike youtube comments in general.
I did 3 years. I didn't need anyone's advice I will never get caught up again.. But one thing for show is that that 3 year bid cost me a lifetime of hinder
What prison was u in?
There's like a 99.9 percent chance they are working where their forefathers worked
Kendra Swanson can you believe that. Crazy
Kendra Swanson that’s not true. Do you have any idea how many plantations there were in Louisiana? Thousands. In every different parish. It’s actually unlikely their ancestors worked that land unless the inmates are from the surrounding area of the prison.
That just doesn’t make sense. More than .1 percent of them are white. you have no clue what you are talking about why comment some ignorant shit anyway
@jacob leblanc, that's not how statistics work bud. The prison could be 10 percent black (it's actually 80 percent) and there would still be a high chance that they had ancestors that worked on plantations such as Angola.
@@jakeackermann9059 yea i misread
Visited Angola a few years back and met these guys. Completely changed my opinion on capital punishment. Who many of these men were are not who they are now.
Any y'all reading this who have Netflix need to watch the movie "13th".
The Federal Farmer realist movie ever made
The Federal Farmer just watched that in my social problems class. It was really good.
Scary documentary
The Federal Farmer thank you for bringing this documentary to my attention 🙏🏾.
No. It's gay.
The man is riding a mule! What year is this? The plantation has never left Louisiana! The US allows this process.
What is wrong with America and the salvation & control of black bodies. Give help AFTER they commit a crime. Mind blogging!!!
Channel you’ve got to admit it’s eerily similar to slavery
Funny how all prisoners are not black and everyone there deserves to be there
@@carsonalexander5675Not for that damn long
For those who have not heard of the story of the 'Angola 3', Google it. Shocking. Those of us outside of America looking in, seeing how children are sent to Supermax prisons, children are thrown into institutions like Rikers and held indefinitely in solitary confinement , mostly black men are sent down for life to work on modern day plantations (Angola was a former plantation and named after the country from which most of the slaves were captured). The American justice/prison system is an utter disgrace.
“It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”
Amen to that. I don't have a problem with making every abled bodied person work in prison because the tax payers should not have to support them. Plus it gives the ones that have never worked a chance to see how working to support themselves feels. Every prison should be a farm with everything this one has. Angola is probably self sufficient in by selling the horses and maybe even some of the vegetables gives them money to buy everything they need that can't be made there like personals and snacks and shoes unless they put a shoe factory on the grounds which would not be a bad idea. And these things give them marketable experience so they can return to life outside the prison.
I read woodfoxes book. What a sick joke. These shows are propaganda
Amen to that. However I don't think that it's a problem for inmates to grow there own food because it shouldn't be the responsibility of the state ie: tax payers to be responsible for them but it should not be treated like a plantation nor should anyone be treated badly or like a slave. They should all be assigned a job unless they can't physically/ mentally work. I believe that society should not be a money society it should be we take care of each other barter system no matter what our skill sets are. Because now we have the 1% that think they are better than others because they are rich and should be treated better, everyone should be treated the same. The rich get richer while the rest of us barely make or don't make it at all. Homelessness should be possible, there shouldn't be landlords just like the Amish/Mennonites the community gets together and builds homes for others. Most times if someone has their own they take care of it but this must be taught from toddlerhood.
Agreed
By the way, the ills of society Are the burden of all. We sink or swim TOGETHER. The sooner everyone realizes that the better.
Big homie TREY da OG coming home after 30 yrs another 17 days n counting, last 27 yrs in Angola now make the most of next 30 yrs on outside.
#17daysncounting
Did he get out?? Doing fine I hope.
Me
Yeah my cousin is out thanks 4 asking about him, I thought he would be himself when he came out but there are some days where he would shut everybody out n sit quietly n not talk to anybody I feel like I can’t do anything to help him, all his friends have moved on they have family n kids n working, it makes him depressed I know it will take time for him to be normal again but this thing called instutionalized keeps our family worried some days he goes without talking to anybody n that’s when we feel he will do something stupid I hope it doesn’t come to this, next week he will be working in our garages n hopefully it will give him some stability n structure.
@@sampq3708 wow. Hopefully the job makes him feel better about things. I can imagine after all those years he has to feel weird and alone. Just love him hard. Man, I hope he stay free.
@@sampq3708 the whole idea of locking people up that long is just gross.
@@sampq3708 I hope he goes to a psychologist. No I'm not saying your cousin is mentally ill. The whole purpose of a psychologist is to help him with his mind. See he's free outside, but in his mind he may not be. Some individuals don't go through mental hardships when they're locked up for so long, but some people do.
We don't know what he experienced in that place. Church is a great place also, him getting that spiritual connection will certainly help keep him free.
Every sinner have a future and every saint have a past.
Many of the guys in Angola with life sentences should have their sentences commuted to time already served. They're truly changed men and are no longer a threat to society.
Yes
the system is run by pedaphiles, murderers, thieves, & scoundrels
not falling for that
Kane Smith You don't have to 'fall for that.' It's fact.
+Kane Smith you look like James Holmes with that hair.
When quavo said “all these damn chains modern slavey but this ain’t 1800 so they pay me” i know these inmates felt that
In the gulf coast all prison's are like this you don't grow nothing you don't eat nothing
your comment confuses me because they are growing stuff and they do eat it? and inmates at fountain, jester, and lsp/angola has good nice fresh food compared to the rejected reheated cisco shit up north. that the one nice perk of serfdom, you gotta be fed and the better the food the more productive you be.
Darryl Lett tell em bout the gunline boss..
I overturn those words they never gonna go home 🏡..My uncle will b back his mom is 90 still alive 🙏🏽🙏🏽#Free Patrick Levier .We Love u 4Life
How much longer he got?
I would rather work outside than languish in a tiny cell.
Some of these guys serving life sentences should be given a second chance depending on the individual. They could be out in the free world doing counseling to misguided youth who might even prevent one of them from committing murder
I remember going here in like 8th grade. Scared the shit out of me.
Isn’t that the point? If you actually receive serious punishment for crimes, you won’t commit them.
They may be criminals but they are still people. You can't reform everyone I know that, but some you can like these people here and that's a good thing. Bravo.
i know my dady on there im 12 years old
+Casey C I agree, my fiance' is in Angola right now as we speak, and it is AMAZING how far he has come in the 13 years he has been in. Completely different man.
+David Frigault Oh I know. Louisiana a lone has one of the highest incarceration rates, we throw everyone in prison! It's a shame. They give drug addicts life but slap a pedophile on the wrist. 😑🙄
+Caitlyn Mitchell 13 years and u still there or u moving on
Casey C Warden Cain was one of the best. He is true to his word. I have been visiting the prison for 33 years. My father is their. He have been Class A trustee for 30 years.
Seeing these Inmates in the Automotive shop without an officer with all those weapons.... The warden is doing a GREAT JOB 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Dexter Karl they’ve been domesticated dummy the political campaign of the penal system is reforming inmates into productive citizens in society not for society but now it’s blatantly thrown out the window for any hope of that opportunity & justified to take those same reformed individuals & use they’re past downfall, that has been repented of as well as the recompense overpaid for, as a just means of enslaving them
they’ve been domesticated dummy the political campaign of the penal system is reforming inmates into productive citizens in society not for society but now it’s blatantly thrown out the window for any hope of that opportunity & justified to take those same reformed individuals & use they’re past downfall, that has been repented of as well as the recompense overpaid for, as a just means of enslaving them
Everyone praising this warden, how he's helping them. It's all a front for literal slavery. While it may be helpful to the prisoners in some capacity, it just further deepens and reinforces the rascim in America. It also doesn't matter if they get rehabed, they're in for life anyway. If they're rehabed, why not let them go then? Oh right, free labour, sounds an awful lot like something that was happening about 200 years ago.
I agree.
Angola was a plantation also you right.
Facts new form of slavery they just dressed it up better now
Warden ain’t doing nothing warden is kkk
Silvery?
They have to have some rearing
It wasn't a plantation. It was a slave 'breeding' facility, like they breed horses. When the children were old enough, like six years old, they were put on the block, and if someone wanted to buy them, they'd be taken from their mothers.
Sentences in Louisiana are the harshest in America.
The casual true horror of your comment is disturbing.
@@queenannesrevenge1437 Disturbing to say the least. It is a horror, both then and now.
@Paul Smith If they weren't buying six year olds, they wouldn't have advertised for them, with prices listed. I assume it was like for cattle. Look at the parents, or rather the "Sire" and "Dam," and you could have a pretty good expectation. And by the way, the largest slave market in the US, which was in Charleston, and which is five or six stories tall (I can't remember), belonged to the Bush family. You know, George and George W. They also advertised for children. Google it.
Slavery is a fact of life. My aunt was kidnapped by North Africans and forced into chattel slavery, she is white. Sometimes things happen and there is nothing you can do
@@purromemes7395 There's plenty they could do today. Doing away with locking up black people in a former slave plantation, and giving them Life Without Parole for crimes committed in their teens that would get them a year or two in any other state might be a good start. That fucking place is disgusting.
I have a cousin who served 13 years in the state of Tennessee on a second degree murder charge he would have had a mandatory life sentence without parole in Louisiana that’s crazy!!
when they said the warden was an "unlikely character"
I was expecting him to be wearing a white suit with a top hat and cane.
This video should be shown in schools to show them that its a better way than just Jail/prison
“Correct Deviant Behavior” Parents need to PREVENT deviant behavior
This prison is is about rehabilitation and discipline. Tell me, what other prisons has this many rehab programs.
It is slavery
@Tamera Nicholson Because they killed someone you fool
@@kennethscott1603 who cares. Slavery is a fact of human life. Get used to it
It is hard watching inmates who have served vast amounts of time and who really do seem to be rehabilitated, just rotting in jail and not being allowed to volunteer/ work back in the community. Burl Cain should institute a "scared straight" program for young Louisiana offenders who are at real risk of ending up in Angola & this program should be a 2 week (not 2 hours) "Boot Camp" run by Trustees that show young criminals what being locked up for life really entails.
Your such a bleeding heart
Let hurt your family you'll change your mind
You can tell someone has been rehabilitated by seeing a 5 second snippet.
I trained there to become a corrections officer a week after the filming of the Monster Ball movie.. I never forget that place..
Damn hes still the warden i remeber him being the warden back in 1998
i guess in louisiana they don't got sweet pensions like they do at CDC lmfao
No he isn’t the Warden anymore
I was a Sergeant at Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola). Fascinating article.. But, Cain has been gone for a while. What are your excuses now for the inhumane treatment of the offenders and THE STAFF. 😢😢
It’s a horrible system these people are slaves
There are no excuses. This country was built on this kind of system. It's not broken, it's the way it was created.
2 cents a hour damn when I was upstate they was paying 17cents and the dudes who ran laundry made $400 a month
THIS is great journalism, really excellent video
Building this chapel was the greatest honor God allowed me. The altar was painted by Miguel VElez who killed Barry Seals. I have been going to Angola for 21 plus years, and thank God when Warden Cain allowed me and a dear friend the honor to build this chapel, it provides a place were inmates can visit and find meaning for their lives.
One of the weirdest things about the LA justice system is that you dont need a unanimous verdict to be found guilty.
This changed with the SCOTUS case Ramos v. Louisiana in 2020
Kinda weird that this tries to positively spin Angola as "fixed"
Inmates: commits murder and gets punished for it.
People on the internet: 😮
😮
I think these guys are making the best of an awful situation. The warden is giving these guys a chance to have a somewhat normal life despite being locked up.
Formally a prison known for its high rates of violence, the over all quality of life as well as inmate safety has drastically improved since this warden took over and started giving people something to do with their hands and minds. Flip side of the coin.
Flip side of slavery
Louisiana and Mississippi besides city centers are all stuck in the 1800's.
And I wouldn't change it for the world. So much individual freedom without big government up my ass. I have my land, guns and god which is why is all my ancestors wanted when they left europe.
+Virgil Grissom I meant in ways besides those things.
GameAddict51 and we need to send you back to Europe, so that other folks can have guns, and not have you up everybody's asses,!
How about you educate yourself before you make claims like that. Have you ever been? Have you seen these places first hand in the 21st century? Don't speak without knowing.
What most people dont realize that Angola was a plantation that got turned into a prison. They didnt want to free the male slaves so alot of them were put in on trumped up charges.
Bro my entire life has been a lie. This can’t be real I’m dead
More prisons need to implement the work program at Angola. The 2 inmates that were working in the field said nothing negative. In fact, one said "I love it." I grew up in Louisiana going to the Angola Rodeo, and you had the ability to interact with the inmates who would sell the goods (furniture, paintings, leather purses, leather shoes, jewelry, etc.) made in the work program. All the inmates were very appreciative of the skills they learned there and acknowledged working was much better than being stuck in their cells. The prison "slavery" is a fabrication.
A white warden over 6500 black inmates who are descendants of Angola, Africa while pushing religion is a form of modern day slavery. Many inmates serving sentences for crimes not committed is not freedom but slavery. Furthermore, a life sentence without parole is slavery to the prison industrial complex for profit system. Louisiana has the strictest sentencing laws to keep the plantation fully occupied with modern day slaves and investors satisfied.
Merriam Webster defines slavery as "the state of a person who is held in forced servitude," so yeah this is still slavery. There were plenty of slaves who said they liked it pre civil war, but when it's all you can do and there's no other option, the brain finds ways to rationalize harsh treatment. It won't ever not be slavery unless they are paid what their labor is worth, their skills are made useful for entry into the greater labor market, and most importantly they have a chance at freedom if they turn around. Rehabilitation should always be top priority.
Bro is literally advocating for more prison slavery while in his cushy room (not that it matters if he was an ex-convict)
@@courtjester8055 I see talks about rehabilitation but why is there no mention of socialized medical mental care?
@@zeyadsaeed9580you’re freaking out in a ton of comments, you realize not all these guys in prison even want to be rehabilitated right ? You do realize there are horrible people in there right ? There’s also a shit ton of jobs in the prison, not just work outside. Because the bloody mess before there was work offered was better right ? Please. You want these guys to just sit here and do nothing ?? They’d go crazy.
Ive noticed that there arent many people from out of state there. I remember watching a documentary about Angola. It was so sad to see mothers crying sons dying and just the hopelessness of the situation. I realize they have committed horrible crimes. Some probably belong there. But u have some who dont.
well duh there are things called inmate compacts and people do better in corrections when family close by
Maybe the parents should have done more to produce good citizens before they were released on the world.
Been to Angola now for 7 years I go as a volunteer teaching people about the millwright craft and those guys I’m teaching are some the most reliable and respectful people I have ever met I’ll level with y’all I’m in favor of the death penalty because I believe there are certain crimes you can’t come back from (pedophilia) but the men I teach and train are people I wish I had on my crew on the outside, thankfully one of the men was given a second shot at life by getting the opportunity for parole and he now works for the state but I know that he isnt the only one in there who should leave
What is moral about capital punishment?
@@thesacredibis6723 pettiness. Nothing moral about it.
@@thesacredibis6723it is a degradation of human life if you allow one man to kill multiple others in my opinion and allow them to continue to exist as a violent threat to others if they are at risk of reoffending. many people do not care to get better. the religion in this case of this prison i really do believe is a major innovation and positive influence on these men. christianity gives hope to a hopeless situation and does not create a situation where violent men are locked in a chicken coop with nothing to lose.
@@zeyadsaeed9580that's very subjective.
Warden looking like something straight out of Berserk
Imagine that, give a man a purpose and he will change his life.
Lil boosie brought me here 🙌
The sort of disconnect is kinda wild. All those people serving a life sentence, and it's irrelevant if they would ever hurt anyone again. But on the other hand, inside the prison it's clearly acknowledged that they are decent trustworthy people
5:53 Using religion as control.
And?
Matt Orfalea yep and not the way Creator intended- evil use of a Sacred thing✨🕊✨
And it's sad that he you call it out but a lot blacks don't.
Matt Orfalea I. This case I’ll take them forcing religion, or would you rather have chaos?
Yup the Ultimate form of mental slavery.
This man (the warden) has the ingredients of a meal he had with a man he put to death on his shelf as a souvenir...wtf
I always wondered how white people got us so called "Negro" to worship a white jesus and bow I have a pretty good picture of it.
Facts
Where you from bru
So black folks can't choose Jesus of their own accord? Nice. I'm sure this isn't about something in your personal life.
Who cares what colour he is in a painting. Should bow and pray to what you believe in and stop making things about colour. Always focusing on ‘white people’ instead of yourself and you’ll never grow
2 cent a hour 18 cent for 8 hours ...I will not ask for a raise tomorrow on my job 😂
20 cents...
brain hurty
I was in Angola in the 70's, the Cubans came in, rescued us, took us to Havana, set us free, been here since. I miss Angola.
to all them youngsters ain't no pistol in there,
Very interesting, thanks for sharing
I live less than 200 miles from Angola and have been to it many times. One of my cousins is serving a life sentence there.
Lousiana has the highest rate of recidivism (people returning to prison) in the world.
Here in Norway you get up to 6 years for 2nd degree murder, and between 8 to 21 years for 1st degree murder. And nobody is forcing you to work on a plantation during that time. Personally, I believe it's wrong. I believe 1st degree murder should result in death penalty.
modern slavery
+massoxi barradas Beats the hell out of being stuck in a cell for 23 hours a day and the inmates are obviously benefitting from the program. There's a lot more to do than guys working in the fields.
+TJ Anderson You act as if those are the only two options. Could it be that maybe they are both unethical?
Tyler Nichols What would YOU suggest?
Guess the inmate "dit'n do nuffin'" enough with the slavery bs. these folks aren't slaves, they're inmates/convicts who were handed a sentence by their peers for something they were convicted of. All inmates say they're 'innocent' bs. I'd rather have them locked up- making license plates, working a garden, cleaning floors or whatever they do than on the outside committing felonies. Get over yourself and enough of your bs talk.
Terri Owens Some 'peers.' A bunch of fuckwits. Most of the inmates at Angola are so old, they couldn't commit a crime even if they wanted to. And most of the 'lifers' committed crimes that didn't even involve taking someone's life. And yet the prison is packed to capacity. Even the warden at Angola acknowledges how fucked up the system is.
strange only 2nd degree murder charges
“What was your charge? Four counts!?!?”
They seem like much more disciplined prisoners than in other states
Didn’t the famous led belly do time there ? I think parchment prison down Mississippi held other blues legends like booker white .My mama grew in Shreveport, Louisiana is one of the strictest laws in the land with heavy sentences.
Robert Pete Williams served a sentence there, he was pretty much freed because of his music too
So this is basically slavery, but with extra steps. Good job America...
It is nothing like slavery.
You are a dumb dumb.
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Slavery never ended, it just evolved. 14th amendment
Im from.up.North. NYC to be exact. Angola. I couldnt imagine the heat. I was visiting NOLA in 1986. I was blown right out of the water by.the heat! I couldnt imagine working manual.labor in August down there..imagine being a LIFER !?
To see all these black men working a field that used to be a slave plantation seems just wrong, highly unprofessional even. I mean, whats exactly the message they are going for here? The fact that a man has to be punished for his crime by law, does not mean you get to humiliate him by basically turning him in to a plantation slave. But then again, if I would have to sit out such a long sentence, God forbid, id probably rather be working outside doing farming with my fellow inmates instead of just having to sit inside all day every day. I dunno, its all just messed up.... Just think about it, this one mistake as this guy points out, this one moment of anger and losing control when you are 19 and you are still basically a kid who has no idea who and what and bam, there goes your life. You might even think that his victim got the better deal when you have to spend your whole life in a place like this, without hope, without redemption, just paying for that one mistake year after year untill you die.
Angola is a self-sufficient prison system, meaning it produces food and other materials (such as cotton)
I learned to look at these men with compassion. They are just the victims of this world's fucked up system, and they were trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty and ignorance. Locking them away is not the answer. Any sentence longer than 20 year is a ridiculous sentence.
read ny times today. A man killed a third women after serving time for two others
Your a dumbsss.. I hope you never get in a position of any authority.
How is a person a victim when they chose to rape, murder, carjack etc?
Watch the Netflix documentary "13th"....
This is enraging...
It's partially enraging. But it's still partially they fault. Can't just kill people.
Yeah, I'm gonna have to say killing is bad fam.
I once visited Angola for a rodeo back a few years ago. When I left there and even now I was amazed of the talented people who are locked up. If only those people could have taken there talent and put it to work and what they could have been. It’s sad but just to see these people and their life now. If I could do anything I think every young person in Lousisiana should have to experience Angola before they can graduate. Also the first time a minor gets into trouble they should be forced to see Angola. This would show them that the path they are on is a DEAD END! GOD BLESS THERE SOULS!!!!!!
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I've worked there and the majority of the prisoners there look forward to working to get outside.
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What about what they grow? What is the output? Where does it go? Is it for profit or rehabilitation and how do you motivate those who don't want to work to a deadline if it is a business? Is there a rotation or does it depend on length of sentence? Who is selected or who volunteers and why?
I think the majority of it goes to feed the inmates. In sure some of it is pure business. But alot of things they do are strictly helping run the prison.
@@brotherLee340 it’s cotton. do the inmates eat cotton?
I think all inmates should be reviewed for parole at 70
This interview guy's questions are so awkward. "Did you do it ?" like WTF
Some make as little as two cents an hour and yet don't wanna be used as slaves for a very very corrupt system that is bent to not even give them another chance at a better life what a real shame and a joke and that Warden is exactly the prime example of exactly what I am reffering to
Maybe the pennies per hour is what’s left after paying for their own housing, food, clothing etc. How much of your check do you have left each month after providing for your necessities?
I see a lot of people hating on the warden here, while also not watching the second part of the video which had to do with faith.
Let me clear up some misconceptions.
Working there at the Angola prison has nothing to do with race. All races work on those fields, so bringing up slavery due to race is ignorant.
The warden found that boredom and free time in the prison had led to violence among the inmates and resulted in high recidivism. He wanted to setup a way for inmates to have a future and work experience when they got out, and to reduce violence with the ones who were in there for good. He also wanted to install great faith within the inmates to ensure they would work hard to get right with themselves and still be a part of their family back home. Also remember, these prisoners still get paid some amount. Every since the warden came to Angola, violence had dropped significantly, recidivism had dropped by 20%, and prisoners were overall more happy to have faith in their lives. If you want more information, watch a video made by America Uncovered about this prison. Thank you.
The same effect would be achieved with access to decent education and books. No religion necessary.
What did faith do for them? Im sure all those catholic priests had faith while they were boinking little boys and now theyre in jail themselves. Look where faith gets u lol
I was involved with jail ministry at the local county jail. I am 72 now but up until 35 when I stopped running from Jesus I was out of control. I never did time. I give Jesus the credit for that but HE was setting me up for voluntary jail ministry. I would still be involved but covid stopped the volunteers. My goal was to show them that with Jesus you can change your lifestyle and have a future to look forward to. My goal for those looking at prison time was to get them rooted in the word and to look for the other Christians when they got to their new facility. I would love to visit Angola some day.
LOOOOL this is a total hit piece, the new warden changes everything giving new opportunities and guidance to MURDERERS and this reporter is trying to compare this to slavery what the actual fuck man
The prison system in addition to the state of Louisiana are equally profiting from this so call rehabilitation. It becomes beneficial to continue to disburse lengthy prison sentences to uneducated/ socioeconomic strickened black men. This is wrong.
Your right
Don't kill anyone and you won't end up there
So, what would you do? Young people are not being taught how to earn a living or have morals on the outside because there isn’t enough people to force them into a place (school) to learn it. So they commit a crime and are “trapped” in a building now. They could let them do nothing and go crazy (it was stated the pace was a wreck) or they could set up a system and be occupied. Louisiana is the way it is, so if you commit the crime in that state and get caught, you know what is going to happen. Which poison would you like to choose? A place where you can feel good about yourself, maybe for the first time ever? Or a place where you are gonna fight and be miserable until you finally do die?
Its like a time travel to the old days
I know more than one person who has had choice of serving their shorter sentence at parish prison or Angola and have chosen Angola because of work programs, rodeos etc....problem in Louisiana is stopping crime not prisons...we have worst state for schools etc especially in cities ( New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport) Don’t know the stats but basically if u can’t afford private or charter schools within these city limits then u are in a bind
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Along with guest speakers adding more description to the presentation.😉.
Life in Louisiana means life. Due to "mandatory minimums" (minimum amount of time you can be sentenced to) the minimum you can serve is life. And life is without the benefit of parole or probation for most offenses like murder.
To all you thugs and wanna be thugs this is your final destination right here!.
As someone who's not a convict, I see something wrong with this.
The warden is basically still using slavery and paying inmates little to nothing and this whole video has given off strong shawshank redemption vibes
Thank you. It looks great on paper but in reality it's more for the prison that. Than prisoners
Wow Louisiana has harsh sentencing laws hopefully people who think about committing a crime watch this video first so they can see what happens when you commit a crime always think twice before you commit a crime especially in the Louisiana