Angola Prison Hospice: Opening the Door
Half of the 5,000 inmates at the maximum-security Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, U.S. are serving life sentences, and it is estimated that 85 percent of them will grow old and die there. The documentary examines one of the nation's first prison-based hospice programs, a program that no...
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| description | Half of the 5,000 inmates at the maximum-security Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, U.S. are serving life sentences, and it is estimated that 85 percent of them will grow old and die there. The documentary examines one of the nation's first prison-based hospice programs, a program that notably incorporates inmate volunteers into the care of other dying inmates.
Edgar Barens |
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| language | English |
| spellingShingle | Angola Prison Hospice: Opening the Door [Capitalism/Anti-capitalist movements/anti-globalization movements, Military Conflicts and Activities, Censorship, Sexualities/LGBT movements, Human rights organizations, Environmentalist and anti-nuclear movements, Feminist movements/Women's movements, Nationalisms/Autonomist and Separatist movements] |
| title | Angola Prison Hospice: Opening the Door |
| topic | [Capitalism/Anti-capitalist movements/anti-globalization movements, Military Conflicts and Activities, Censorship, Sexualities/LGBT movements, Human rights organizations, Environmentalist and anti-nuclear movements, Feminist movements/Women's movements, Nationalisms/Autonomist and Separatist movements] |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:150f39ea-8437-4ec1-af6b-6e07f81451da |