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“Serving Life” by OWN TV and Lisa R. Cohen
An inmate-staffed hospice program in one of the roughest prisons in the U.S.
Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana has a long held and justly deserved reputation as one of the roughest prisons in the United States. With over 5,000 inmates and 1,000 prison employees, it is the largest maximum security correctional facility in … Continue reading
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Tagged Angola, Burl Cain, Documentary, Forest Whitaker, Hospice, Hospice Volunteer, Lisa R. Cohen, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Oprah, OWN TV, Serving Time
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Grace Before Dying
Photography of the end-of-life at Louisiana State Penitentiary
These photographs, taken at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, make up the collection Grace Before Dying, which looks at how, through hospice, volunteer inmates assert and affirm their humanity in an environment designed to isolate and punish. More than 85% of … Continue reading
