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Get a last glimpse of the world around you, but that glimpse is through steel mesh. Louisianas highway 66. Its beautiful countryside is not lost on the countless men driven to the place where they will most likely die. That road ends here. The Louisiana State penitentiary, former plantation the size of manhattan. 28 square miles. Most people call it angola, named after the african country owned by the slaves. Now it is confining about 5,500 men. Today im heading into ground zero of mass incarceration. Theres certainly a heightened awareness as i walkthrough here with no guards. For the next co...

Through steel mesh. Louisianas highway 66. Its beautiful countryside is not lost on the countless men driven to the place where they will most likely die. That road ends here. The Louisiana State penitentiary, former plantation the size of manhattan. 28 square miles. Most people call it angola, named after the african country owned by the slaves. Now it is confining about 5,500 men. Today im heading into ground zero of mass incarceration. Theres certainly a heightened awareness as i walkthrough here with no guards. For the next couple of days, i will be staying here, exploring key issues of th...