Lauren Stroh reports on the future and history of The Angolite, the prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Story via the Oxford American.
A View from Beyond the Deadline
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September 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Lauren Stroh reports on the future and history of The Angolite, the prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Story via the Oxford American.
Inside Angola’s Prison Newspaper, the ‘Angolite’
Inside Angola’s Prison Newspaper, the ‘Angolite’
This essay is presented in conjunction with HNOC's 2024–2025 exhibition Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration, which investigates the connections between chattel slavery and
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December 18, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Inside Angola’s Prison Newspaper, the ‘Angolite’
At least give you a button or T-shirt that says Angolite
March 29, 2026 at 8:15 PM
At least give you a button or T-shirt that says Angolite
The award-winning magazine "The Angolite" is still publishing. I think I will contact the editors at *The Angolite*, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola LA 70712 to ask if they can put me in tuch with the offenders who are making the teddy bears in support of the drug treatment program.
May 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM
The award-winning magazine "The Angolite" is still publishing. I think I will contact the editors at *The Angolite*, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola LA 70712 to ask if they can put me in tuch with the offenders who are making the teddy bears in support of the drug treatment program.
“I cannot help but wonder what stories are not written today—not for a lack of a willing author, but due to an imperiled free press.”
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“I cannot help but wonder what stories are not written today—not for a lack of a willing author, but due to an imperiled free press.”
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
#TheLensNola🔍 “I keep paper and pen with me at all times because, like the most dynamic dreams, creativity is as wispy as Louisiana mist and dissipates quickly if not seized,” writes John Corley, associate editor of the Angolite
✍: John Corley
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✍: John Corley
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January 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#TheLensNola🔍 “I keep paper and pen with me at all times because, like the most dynamic dreams, creativity is as wispy as Louisiana mist and dissipates quickly if not seized,” writes John Corley, associate editor of the Angolite
✍: John Corley
🔗: https://buff.ly/3BKBcIm
✍: John Corley
🔗: https://buff.ly/3BKBcIm
The man who put his own stamp on the #Angolite and shaped the story it could tell in America's "only uncensored prison newsmagazine." 20 years of power and a changed voice. #Angolite #PrisonJournalism #Prison #1stAmendment #News #Louisiana #AngolaPrison
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The ANGOLITE and Burl Cain - The Philosophy Shifts
The ANGOLITE Entered A Whole New Era With The Legendary Warden
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July 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The man who put his own stamp on the #Angolite and shaped the story it could tell in America's "only uncensored prison newsmagazine." 20 years of power and a changed voice. #Angolite #PrisonJournalism #Prison #1stAmendment #News #Louisiana #AngolaPrison
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The FINAL episode in my series on The ANGOLITE prison magazine, the media and the contentious relationship between the two. If you don't already, please subscribe to my Substack! #Angolite #PrisonJournalism #Writer #Writing #Angola #Louisiana
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The Medium Is The Message - Who's The Messenger?
This is my 6th (and final!) article of my series on the relationship between Angola State Penitentiary (Louisiana) and the media, the press and the public.
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July 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The FINAL episode in my series on The ANGOLITE prison magazine, the media and the contentious relationship between the two. If you don't already, please subscribe to my Substack! #Angolite #PrisonJournalism #Writer #Writing #Angola #Louisiana
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The 4th article about #PrisonJournalism and the powers of the Warden over prison mags. It's a tricky and rocky road being a journalist inside of a prison. The #Warden holds all the cards. #Prison #Angolite #Writers #Writing #Journalism
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THE WARDEN IS A PUBLISHER ?
Well, Not Really....But, Somebo9dy ALWAYS Has Their Eyes On What You Publish
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July 3, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The 4th article about #PrisonJournalism and the powers of the Warden over prison mags. It's a tricky and rocky road being a journalist inside of a prison. The #Warden holds all the cards. #Prison #Angolite #Writers #Writing #Journalism
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je découvre seulement maintenant que JSTOR reproduit en libre accès plus de 700 titres de presse réalisés par des prisonniers aux USA et ça fait une semaine que je me perds dans cette masse d'archives incroyable
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April 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
je découvre seulement maintenant que JSTOR reproduit en libre accès plus de 700 titres de presse réalisés par des prisonniers aux USA et ça fait une semaine que je me perds dans cette masse d'archives incroyable
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So the Angolite librarian says to the guy, he says, "It has its prose and cons."
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
So the Angolite librarian says to the guy, he says, "It has its prose and cons."
Over at the other site, a great thread of magazine covers from The Angolite, a publication edited by inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
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Covers of The Angolite, the news magazine edited and published by inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola https://t.co/fYAO2eBoQO
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June 15, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Over at the other site, a great thread of magazine covers from The Angolite, a publication edited by inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
Shaping the tone in America's only "Uncensored Prison News Magazine!" He left his stamp on it with his legacy. Oh, and he killed my friend, Dobie Gillis Williams. #Prison #DeathRow #AngolaPrison #Louisiana
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The ANGOLITE and Burl Cain - The Philosophy Shifts
The ANGOLITE Entered A Whole New Era With The Legendary Warden
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July 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Shaping the tone in America's only "Uncensored Prison News Magazine!" He left his stamp on it with his legacy. Oh, and he killed my friend, Dobie Gillis Williams. #Prison #DeathRow #AngolaPrison #Louisiana
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Lauren Stroh reports on the future and history of The Angolite, the prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Story via the Oxford ...
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Lauren Stroh reports on the future and history of The Angolite, the prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Story via the Oxford American.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Lauren Stroh reports on the future and history of The Angolite, the prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Story via the Oxford ...
I write, and I write my heart out. I strip naked in front of the whole world and then write about it so you can all read about it. But, nobody does...
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I write, and I write my heart out. I strip naked in front of the whole world and then write about it so you can all read about it. But, nobody does...
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Oh, it's in operation; Fascist Barbie is only taking a piece of it. It's vast, and apparently not the charnel house it used to be. "The Angolite" is an award-winning prisoner-produced quarterly magazine. I recently renewed my subscription.
September 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Oh, it's in operation; Fascist Barbie is only taking a piece of it. It's vast, and apparently not the charnel house it used to be. "The Angolite" is an award-winning prisoner-produced quarterly magazine. I recently renewed my subscription.
"Missives from our ... jails, prisons, and ICE detention and processing facilities—and publications like The Angolite, Solitary by Albert Woodfox of the Angola Three, and Khalil's letters from a Jena jail—might offer some of the brightest and most evocative elucidations we have of [American] life."
Lauren Stroh reports on the future and history of The Angolite, the prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Story via the Oxford American.
A View from Beyond the Deadline
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September 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Missives from our ... jails, prisons, and ICE detention and processing facilities—and publications like The Angolite, Solitary by Albert Woodfox of the Angola Three, and Khalil's letters from a Jena jail—might offer some of the brightest and most evocative elucidations we have of [American] life."
Some of the kids are learning about prison issues on tiktok because of this CEO slayer dude. Good time to introduce yourself or someone who is interested in this stuff to the American Prison Newspaper Collection. It's an amazing resource. Start with the Angolite ❤️
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December 13, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Some of the kids are learning about prison issues on tiktok because of this CEO slayer dude. Good time to introduce yourself or someone who is interested in this stuff to the American Prison Newspaper Collection. It's an amazing resource. Start with the Angolite ❤️
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Angola is the home of Louisiana’s oldest state publication, the Angolite. Written and published entirely by incarcerated men, has an incredible history of covering these topics: www.jstor.org/site/reveal-...
During summer, Louisiana’s Angola prison could rise up to 115 degrees.
Duncan said he experienced seizures: “There were times when I got out of bed and I didn’t even know if I was left-handed or right-handed. … I didn’t even know my name.”
Duncan said he experienced seizures: “There were times when I got out of bed and I didn’t even know if I was left-handed or right-handed. … I didn’t even know my name.”
He Spent 27 Years on Death Row as a Wrongfully Convicted Man. What Comes Next?
23-hour solitary confinement. 115-degree heat. Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the decades he spent in Louisiana’s Angola prison — and how, even after being released, he still isn’t truly free.
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September 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Angola is the home of Louisiana’s oldest state publication, the Angolite. Written and published entirely by incarcerated men, has an incredible history of covering these topics: www.jstor.org/site/reveal-...
The FINAL episode of my series on THE ANGOLITE and the media and the contentious relationship they share.
#Angolite #PrisonJournalism #Media #Prison #Angola #Louisiana
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#Angolite #PrisonJournalism #Media #Prison #Angola #Louisiana
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The Medium Is The Message - Who's The Messenger?
This is my 6th (and final!) article of my series on the relationship between Angola State Penitentiary (Louisiana) and the media, the press and the public.
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July 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The FINAL episode of my series on THE ANGOLITE and the media and the contentious relationship they share.
#Angolite #PrisonJournalism #Media #Prison #Angola #Louisiana
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Lauren Stroh reports on the future and history of The Angolite, the prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Story via the Oxford ...
Prison Journalism Project (@prisonjournalism.bsky.social)
Lauren Stroh reports on the future and history of The Angolite, the prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Story via the Oxford American.
https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-130-fall-2025/a-view-from-beyond-the-deadline
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September 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Lauren Stroh reports on the future and history of The Angolite, the prison news magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Story via the Oxford ...
So the Angolite librarian says to the guy, he says, "It has its prose and cons."
November 18, 2024 at 3:39 PM
So the Angolite librarian says to the guy, he says, "It has its prose and cons."