Fascinating photo essay of Louisiana prison hospices. Yes, those are human beings behind bars–there simply must be a better way to deal with most of them than letting them rot behind bars. The essay starts with a mind-blowing statistic: In Louisiana, one out of every 55 residents is behind bars, many of them for life.
Dying in prison
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:October 14, 2009
- Post category:American Culture / Friendships/relationships / Quality of Life
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Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.