Why is it cruel and unusual for 17-year-olds but acceptable for -8-year-olds? Where is the line between torture and fair punishment? Maybe they should just shut down that prison (and all of them while they’re at it)
Reposted from Phil Lewis
A federal judge has ordered Louisiana to remove all youth from the largest max security prison in the U.S. and to relocate them within a week

The judge found that conditions at Angola constitute cruel and unusual punishment and violate the 14th Amendment

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