Angola prisoners ask to end field work in worst heat

Jun 20

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.

Isabel Naquin

Angola prisoners ask to end field work in worst heat

Advocates ask federal judge to keep prisoners out of Angola fields on the year's hottest days

“Plantations and Prisons” Screening in Partnership with the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University