Angola prisoners ask to end field work in worst heat

As part of PJI's #EndPlantationPrisons' campaign, a federal court heard our request for a preliminary injunction in VOTE v. LeBlanc which would block the operation of the Farm Line at Angola during periods of extreme heat. Read the story from The Lens here.

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