News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe Press Release, End Plantation Prisons, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Isabel Naquin 10/1/24 Press Release, End Plantation Prisons, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Isabel Naquin 10/1/24 Press Release: In Class Action Filing, Incarcerated Men Report Racism on Angola Prison’s “Farm Line” Read More News, VOTE v. LeBlanc, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, End Plantation Prisons, Forced Labor Isabel Naquin 7/25/24 News, VOTE v. LeBlanc, Civil Rights Impact Litigation, End Plantation Prisons, Forced Labor Isabel Naquin 7/25/24 From AP News: Incarcerated Men Fight Against Working Conditions on the Farm Line at Angola Prison Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, News Isabel Naquin 7/25/24 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, News Isabel Naquin 7/25/24 A Judge Ruled a Louisiana Prison’s Health Care System Has Failed Inmates for Decades. A Federal Law Could Block Reforms. 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