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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...
Could the McAlester state prison rodeo be returning? See inside a new effort to revive it
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOklahoma’s corrections director is backing a $9.3 million effort to revive the state’s prison rodeo,...
The prison system struggles with violence and a flat budget. But lawmakers are focused on bringing...
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLate last fall, as state lawmakers prepared for the 2024 legislative session, Republican Gov. Kevin...
Prison rodeo restart stalled in current session
KFOR articles via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe House in March passed House Bill 3749 by Rep. Jim Grego, R-Wilburton, that would create a revolving fund to restart the prison rodeo at the Oklahoma...
Gary Tyler, once the youngest person on death row, opens quilt exhibit in Detroit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGary Tyler once sold a quilt he’d sewn for $90,000. He never saw a cent of that money. Tyler had...
'Foolishly sticking with failed system': Mississippi leads the world in mass incarceration
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMississippi is now the world’s leader in putting people behind bars — more inmates per capita than...
Grego House Bill, mayor's letter continue drive for OSP Rodeo return
McAlester News-Capital, Okla. via Yahoo News· 3 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 ...
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...
Can religious programs change prison environments? Pepperdine studies Parchman for answers
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA yearslong study of Parchman and other Mississippi prisons will help Pepperdine Univeristy research...
