One tried to swim his way out, masquerading in woman's finery that dragged him beneath the raging waters of the Mississippi River. Others tried to rehabilitate their ways out, only to find themselves after all still mired inescapably in the turbulent murky quagmire of Louisiana politics. Yet others tried merciless self-mutilation to rivet the attention of the press and an uncaring public upon brutalities of the system, and this worked, but only briefly.
Louisiana's immense and infamous state penitentiary called Angola held them all. The more they struck out in despair and...
One tried to swim his way out, masquerading in woman's finery that dragged him beneath the raging waters of the Mississippi River. Others tried to ...
In fascinating detail, Dying to Tell gives us an in-depth look at different kinds of criminal deaths:
...the absolutely senseless slaying of a young correctional officer under the guise of racial retribution in a tragic situation unthinkably manipulated for personal gain
... three deaths in the prison homosexual protection dormitory underscoring just how far lonely inmates will go in their search for a little human warmth and caring
... the electrocution of a careless young outlaw devoid of human feeling whose bracelet tattoo had a skull for every victim
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In fascinating detail, Dying to Tell gives us an in-depth look at different kinds of criminal deaths: