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Posted on 11/9/17 at 5:29 pm to Rouge
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good chance you crossed paths with my grandfather
I was a young kid just out of college working at the hospital in Jackson. A few of us had to go see him to discuss some civil service related issue. I don’t even recall what the issue was at this point. It had to have been right before he went to Angola. Your grandfather worked at DCI? I actually worked there for a bit in the medical section in the late 90s.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 5:30 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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He’s a novelty and fixture of the Deep South. We should keep him just for that. Don’t really care if he got some taxpayer dollars to be honest. It’s not like the state would’ve have used them any better than him.
It would have just been more money for someone else to take...... huh?
Posted on 11/9/17 at 5:36 pm to LSURussian
His reasoning behind the farm was to make every inmate work all day, so that they’ll be worn out at the end of the day and will just want to eat, chill, and go to sleep. It’s basically manual slave labor, but it’s hard to feel bad for the guys when most of them are killers and rapists.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 5:40 pm to the paradigm
Agreed plus the legislature kept cutting the budget for Angola to where farming became needed to feed the inmates.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 5:45 pm to the paradigm
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His reasoning behind the farm was to make every inmate work all day, so that they’ll be worn out at the end of the day and will just want to eat, chill, and go to sleep. It’s basically manual slave labor, but it’s hard to feel bad for the guys when most of them are killers and rapists.
If you were locked up for the rest of your life, would you rather stay behind bars all day or get out and do something.. At least it gives them something to sort of "live for" and it provides manual labor. It is a win-win situation that I see absolutely no problem with. He also implemented the rodeo, which draws a crowd every year (they have it twice a year right?) and it gives the inmates something to look forward to. I'd rather have them have shite to look forward to than to all be in cages knowing they have nothing to lose if they want to kill a guard, to think of an escape plan to go out and kill people, etc.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 6:12 pm to Jester
That gif is fantastic. Just sharing my impressions about the guy from the times I met him. What were your experiences with him?
Posted on 11/9/17 at 6:13 pm to the paradigm
Real American hero that walked with Christ continually
Anyone who says otherwise is probably an angry ex con or an atheist
Anyone who says otherwise is probably an angry ex con or an atheist
Posted on 11/9/17 at 6:54 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
His name is onamatapiea for southern prison wardens
Posted on 11/9/17 at 7:48 pm to Minnesota Tiger
What he did with Angola was nothing short of incredible. But the good outweighs the bad by a long, long shot.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 3:11 pm to Boudreaux35
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Tell me about Warden Burl Cain
A warden at one of the toughest penitentiaries in the country and you don't think corruption was involved?
Good call. When did he go corrupt? You forgot,"He was warden for almost For 40 years!". Hey OP, I have one for you. There is no SANTA.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 3:39 pm to sabanisarustedspoke
Wasn't there an Angola warden that went to prison for shooting his wife, or something like that?
What was his name?
What was his name?
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