In this episode our Executive Director Norris Henderson and Deputy Director Bruce Reilly shares the history of our work rooted in the Angola Special Civics Project going back to the 1970s inside the penitentiary.
Many people wonder why Louisiana is the leader in mass incarceration. Norris Henderson (Executive Director) and Bruce Reilly (Deputy Director) talk about the sentencing and parole laws, non unanimous juries and the lack of access to exculpatory evidence as so many people have been convicted and sentenced so many times. This has created the problem we have dedicated our work to solve.