‘Last line of defense’: Inmates seek to keep their kids out of prison
All of the 50 men in this classroom have broken the law. Some have killed a person and likely will never leave Louisiana's state penitentiary in Angola.
Families spend millions on phone calls from Louisiana inmates
The Richardson children tell their father about their lives 15 minutes at a time.
Prison visits crucial, but miles and money separate families
Sitting at a short blue table in a kid-sized yellow chair, 8-year-old Jonathan Guillory Jr. colors Care Bears drawings, his head tilted in concentration. Across the table, his father, Jonathan
Children of incarcerated parents are forgotten victims
They have done no wrong, committed no crimes, yet thousands of children in Louisiana are being punished for their parents' mistakes.
Families kept in the dark when loved ones died in New Orleans jail
Later that night, Hulitt heard from an old girlfriend of Willie Lee's. She had just received a call from an inmate in OPP. "She told me Willie was dead, that he was killed in the jail," Hulitt said. "It can't be Willie. It can't be. She said, 'Yes, it is.'"