Beware of Those Behind the Fence

The Angola Prison Rodeo - a place where murderers rehabilitating offenders show of their craft work as well as their devil-may-care rodeo attitudes, and mingle with the outside community (somewhat).  No cameras are allowed inside, you know, so we don't treat them like they are zoo animals.  The inmates look forward to this all year long, and work for the position that they eventually earn (or do not earn).  It is amazing, I love it, and I have now been twice.  The acres upon  acres of land that make up the Angola Penitentiary is awe-inspiring.  The amount of inmates that are behind bars for life because of capital crimes is unsettling.  But damn it all, they  have the best cedar chests and rocking chairs in the whole country!