Life in Solitary Confinement
Newsletter of the In this issue: Life in solitary (p.1), Book reviews by JUDICIAL PROCESS COMMISSION, INC. Freedman (p. 3), Inmate claims retaliation (p.7), ISSN 1077-6516 Remembering Clare Regan, part two (p.8), The Editor: Jack Bradigan Spula worst massacre (p. 10) March-April, 2007 Angola through Prison Enterprises. Rodeo fans of The Wildest Show in the South are invited to witness more than 100 inmates of Angola’s mostly Life in Solitary urban population test their ‘street-smarts’ against professional rodeo stock in events like: Convict Confinement: Poker, Wild Cow Milking, and the world-famous Guts-n-Glory. Come early to hear outstanding 12,775 Days Alone inmate bands, feast on a wide array of the south’s best food, and shop the unique and affordable By Brooke Shelby Biggs, AlterNet inmate-made arts and crafts, including jewelry, leather craft, paintings, woodwork, lawn and garden [Editor’s note: The following article, reprinted with furniture, and toys. ‘Little’ rodeo fans will also enjoy the author’s permission, focuses on what is known special attractions just for them, including pony officially as Louisiana State Prison (Angola), a rides, space walk, carnival games, and lots more!” ] notorious facility that Justicia and many other publications and groups have covered extensively Around midday today [April 17, 2007], Central in recent years. Look for future coverage in these Time, two men in Angola Prison in Louisiana will pages, including analysis of the connections quietly mark the moment, 35 years ago exactly, between America’s incarceration trends and the when the bars of solitary confinement cells closed human disasters associated with such events as behind them.
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