DESCRIPTIONIn this special edition of On Mission Xtra, we'll take you deep inside the walls of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Named for the birthplace of its former slaves, today Angola is a maximum security prison that is home to more than 5,000 inmates – most of whom will die here. Angola had the reputation of being the bloodiest, most violent prison in the country, until something changed—to a give the inmates—“A New Hope.”
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