Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face “substantial risk of injury or death.” The state immediately appealed the decision.

U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday, giving the state department of corrections seven days to provide a plan to improve conditions on the so-called farm line at Louisiana State Penitentiary, otherwise known as Angola.

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    4 months ago

    You know how that movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? was supposed to take place in the 1930s? It didn’t. It just looks like the 1930s down there. Especially in attitude. Or maybe the 1830s.