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Angola Prison Rodeo returns: Sell-out crowd and inmates enjoy 'convict poker', bull riding
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoANGOLA, LOUISIANA — It's been three years since Myron Smith has heard the roar of a rodeo crowd. In...
Gary Tyler, once the youngest person on death row, opens quilt exhibit in Detroit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoGary Tyler once sold a quilt he’d sewn for $90,000. He never saw a cent of that money. Tyler had...
Could the McAlester state prison rodeo be returning? See inside a new effort to revive it
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOklahoma’s corrections director is backing a $9.3 million effort to revive the state’s prison rodeo,...
News With a Twist: Festivals
WGNO via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Which Louisiana festival promotes the cure of cancer? What town has some of the best strawberries? What two historically Black...
Grego House Bill, mayor's letter continue drive for OSP Rodeo return
McAlester News-Capital, Okla. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFeb. 24—Action to return the Oklahoma State Penitentiary Prison Rodeo continues to gain traction, with hope for the rodeo's return in 2025. Plans are for a State House Committee to hear House ...
Can religious programs change prison environments? Pepperdine studies Parchman for answers
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA yearslong study of Parchman and other Mississippi prisons will help Pepperdine Univeristy research...
OSP warden awaits engineering reports for prison rodeo arena
McAlester News-Capital, Okla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 12—Oklahoma State Penitentiary Warden Jim Farris says work is ongoing to bring back the Prison Rodeo. It may not be happening as quick as he hoped, but progress is still underway on the ...
Houma man freed after 32 years in prison for murder advocates say he did not commit
The Courier via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Houma man convicted more than 30 years ago for a murder he swore he did not commit was ordered...
From Retribution to Restoration: The Revivalists Spread the Good Word of Criminal Justice Reform
SPIN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmerica’s execution chambers must close, say New Orleans pop-rockers the Revivalists, in a new...
