Angolite

A dead-end destination for most men makes its rodeo into a Louisiana lure
The Boston Globe; 10/26/2008; 1318 words; ...cream, and boudin, a spicy Cajun sausage. "The real story is that this rodeo works," said Kerry Myers, editor of the Angolite (another Cain initiative), the prison magazine with 1,200 paid subscribers beyond the prison gates. Myers is here for...

DEATH ROW-DEO; Running flush: Inmates brave the annual games of 'Convicts' Poker' (top), 'Guts And Glory' (left and right) and the 'Wild Horse Race' (bottom left) at Angola Prison in Louisiana.
The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/2/2008; 1360 words; ...ofspectators, there are hobby shops, angling clubs, dozens of churches andreligious groups, an award winning newspaper called The Angolite and a radiostation Incarceration Station which broadcasts gospel music and prayers. Not surprisingly, the inmates are happier...

One warden's way of instilling hope behind bars.(USA)(Burl Cain)
The Christian Science Monitor; 11/14/2007; 1636 words; ...lifer" Lane Nelson, the death-row correspondent for the Angolite, the prison newsmagazine. Truth-in-sentencing and mandatory...Santa's toyshop, and a wheelchair refurbishing shop. The Angolite is the least-censored prison publication in the country and...

Famed Prison Journalist Sinclair Paroled
AP Online; 4/25/2006; 354 words; ...live in Texas," Blades said. "The parole is for him to move to that state." Sinclair gained fame for his work on The Angolite, the inmate publication at Louisiana State Penitentiary. He published the magazine with Wilbert Rideau, a fellow Angola...

Famed prison journalist paroled
AP Worldstream; 4/25/2006; 321 words; ...live in Texas," Blades said. "The parole is for him to move to that state." Sinclair gained fame for his work on The Angolite, the inmate publication at Louisiana State Penitentiary. He published the magazine with Wilbert Rideau, a fellow inmate...