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To: BBell

In the old days, they were used in chain gangs...just like Cool Hand Luke.
The state pen, Angola, had one of the best gardens in the state back then....LOL


6 posted on 04/02/2018 5:53:50 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: lgjhn23
Angola is still a self sufficient prison. I think it's the only one left in the country. The beef they raise is such a high quality that it is sold on the market and part of the proceeds are used to purchase cheaper meat for the prisoners.

I have seen chain gangs but not around where I live very often.

13 posted on 04/02/2018 7:08:48 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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Yep - many a Rochester, NY street was shoveled off by prisoners back in the Winters of the ‘40s and early ‘50s...


18 posted on 04/03/2018 3:47:26 AM PDT by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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