(Source: The University of New Orleans) Nov. 12, 2015 In a hand-written note, an inmate at Louisiana State Prison in Angola tells University of New Orleans students about the brother who died. Incarcerated at the time, the prisoner never got to pay respects to his brother in person. The students did it for them, laying flowers and singing a song at his request. On Saturday, Nov. 14, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Ashé Cultural Arts Center will be highlighting the work of students enrolled in Benjamin Weber's class, 'Policing and Prisons in Local and Global Perspectives.' The students have been collecting stories and postcards from Angola inmates for a public history project called 'Windows Through...
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