This is a trailer to the documentary you can choose to watch. I have read so much about Angola prison, a place where very few prisoners ever make it home again. When they are sentenced, they go there to die. Inmates have to learn to take care of the ones who get too old and sick
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Hospice care could certainly be a making or breaking point for any person. I think it gives dignity to all involved.
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If they have been there for decades these inmates may be their only family. Ifthey have family they can apply for compassionate release, but not unless they are really sick. The process for approval is so long it is rare to be released. You would think they would want them to go just to be rid of the expense. There is no empathy for the person dying. It isn’t as though they area danger to society.
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