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entrance Louisiana State Penitentiary aka Angola nicknamed Alcatraz of the South Angola Plantation The Farm guard house controls compound entry as seen in 2009
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Transgender inmate killed in prison fight in Louisiana

Yella Clark was serving a life sentence — which they had recently appealed — at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.

entrance Louisiana State Penitentiary aka Angola nicknamed Alcatraz of the South Angola Plantation The Farm guard house controls compound entry as seen in 2009
Crime

Serial killer of gay men in New Orleans released after 46 years in prison

Warren Harris Jr. was convicted in the stabbing deaths of three gay men in the 1970s. He was sentenced to life in prison but became eligible for parole under a Louisiana law passed in 2017.

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Crime

Here are the 30 transgender Americans lost to violence so far this year

The epidemic of fatal violence against trans people in the U.S. continues.