Tag: US prisons
Angola prison rodeo offers risks and rewards for Louisiana’s hard-knock lifers
Cash prizes and the chance to be treated like a regular person are the lure for inmates braving angry bulls and bucking horses at Louisianas biggest prison. Four men wearing black-and-white stripes take their seats at a table. They have only a split second to brace themselves before a bull charges through the gate, flinging […]
Why we should de-criminalize all drugs | Maia Szalavitz
It’s impossible to remove the stigma of addiction; while drug use remains illegal the two concepts are completely at odds with one another. Across the political spectrum, politicians, law enforcement officials and even many activists are surprisingly united in the belief that addiction is a disease. We need to reduce associated stigma, they intone; we […]