Forced Prison Labor

Vehicles enter at the main security gate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary — the Angola Prison, the largest high-security prison in the country in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008. A federal judge ruled on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 that incarcerated youths be removed from a temporary lockup, at a former death row building in Louisiana’s adult maximum-security prison.

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Louisiana judge orders more heat protections for Angola prison ‘farm line’ workers

Kat Stromquist

The decision marks the second time within a year a federal judge has ordered corrections officials to boost heat precautions at Louisiana State Penitentiary.

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

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Angola 'farm line' hearings highlight controversies over prison labor, heat

Kat Stromquist

A court hearing in Baton Rouge provided a rare window into working conditions on Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line," which prisoners are challenging.

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Challenges to forced prison labor gain steam, have resonance in the Gulf South

Kat Stromquist

A lawsuit objecting to conditions on the Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line" is among at least three legal challenges percolating in the Gulf South.