Dying In prison!
Bloody Angola: A Podcast by Jim Chapman2 Feb 2023

Dying In prison!

Woody Overton AND Jim Chapman lay out the details when prisoners incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola die. What is the funeral procession like....Do family members claim the bodies...where and how are they buried? Answers to all this and more on this 5th episode of Season 3 titled Dying in Prison.#BloodyAngolaPodcast #Dyinginprison #Podcast #Podcasts #truecrime #prison #convictFULL TRANSCRIPT:BLOODY ANGOLA: A PODCAST BY WOODY OVERTON AND JIM CHAPMAN (DYING IN PRISON)
Jim: Hey, everyone, and welcome to Bloody-
Woody: -Angola.
Jim: A podcast 142 years in the making.
Woody: The Complete Story of America's Bloodiest Prison.
Jim: And I'm Jim Chapman.
Woody: And I'm Woody Overton.
Jim: And we're going to talk to y'all about some amazing programs that take place in Angola today. It's going to be a little different episode. No murder stuff going on today.
Woody: Right. Well, it's got a lot of death in it.
Jim: It sure does. [laughs]
Woody: Not necessarily murder. Some of them, I'm sure, were murders that occurred inside the wire.
Jim: That's a great point.
Woody: But ultimately none of us are getting out of this life alive.
Jim: That's right.
Woody: Always talk about almost 6000 inmates and how 80% of them are going to die inside the wire. Well, think about that, y'all. If you get sentenced to life Angola, let's say you're 20 years old and you're going to have family members and they care about you and love you and all that stuff. But over the years, what happens? Your mom and your daddy are going to die. Your grandparents are going to die. Your siblings are going to have lives of their own and life goes on. We've heard so many times that the inmates say everybody forgets about them. If you live another 50 years in Angola, then really you don't have anybody to care about you on the outside anymore but the people that you're locked up with basically become your family and your best friends.
Jim: That's right. A lot of these people or probably the vast majority are locked up for things that are just horrific, and you don't end up in Angola for life if you were an altar boy. In a lot of cases, family maybe turned their backs on them and was the black sheep of that family or whatever and they don't have anybody to pay those respects at the end of their life and so they get buried at Angola in the prison. We're going to go into of that information.
Point Lookout Cemetery is the prison cemetery in Angola. It's located on the north side of Angola. It's at the base of the Tunica Hills. This is obviously a situation where what we just told you about, family members are also deceased or there's just no family members that want anything to do with them.
Woody: Or maybe they don't have the financial means to come and claim the body when the inmate dies. So, they're forgotten about. But Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate of any US state and of course, sentencing is extremely harsh. But at Angola, 73% of the 6250 inmates are serving sentences of life without parole. The average sentence for the remaining 27% that aren't serving life without is still 90.9 years.
Jim: Pretty much alive.
Woody: Right. Prisoners aren't even sent to Angola unless they're sentence is over 50 years. Y'all, I believe that's more likely 80 years, like I said in the past. Basically, the result of this is with sentences of this length, most inmates lose touch with the family members and there's no one to collect the remains when they die.
Jim: This prison has been around a long time. Go back and listen to The Walls and how Angola got started, but Angola has been around forever.
Woody: 140 some years.
Jim: 142 years in the making, if you want to get specific. During that time, they did have another cemetery. Woody's going to give you a little heads-up on what happened with that.
Woody: Well, the first Angola cemetery got destroyed by a flood in 1927. Now, y'all remember, Angola is surrounded by the Mississippi River on three sides, and every few years, it grows outside of this bank and floods everything. But in 1927, when the flood happened and the water receded, the remains and caskets were found along the levee, and it was impossible to identify anyone. The bodies were reburied in a mass grave in a new cemetery called Point Lookout. It was about two acres, but it was full by the mid 1990s. It contained 331 marked graves and an unknown number of people in the mass grave. An annex, Point Lookout 2, is now in use, and it has a capacity of 700 plots. Approximately 100 of those graves now have been filled, and with the aging inmate population, it will likely max out-
Jim and Woody: Near future.
Woody: In the past, convicts were buried basically in cardboard boxes, y'all. And today, thanks to Warden Cain, the deceased are buried in coffins made at the prison woodshops by an inmate master carpenter. That's his only job, y'all. These handmade caskets are constructed with brown stained birch and pine. It takes about a week to make just one. Other inmates make the shrouds for the coffins. I want to read you a quote of what Burl Cain said. He said, "Once a man dies, his sentence is complete, and there should be dignity in the passing," Warden Burl Cain.
Jim: There you go. You've heard us mention Warden Burl Cain before, and I can't wait to be in the future we're going to do an episode centered completely around Warden Cain, because like every other human being in the world, he had faults in his life, but be hard pressed to find a more respected warden than Warden Cain, and I'm talking nationally. This guy is well known to people that aren't even in the prison circles. So, that tells you who he was, absolutely-- and still alive today and runs the Mississippi Correctional-- the entire correctional system for the state of Mississippi. So, I don't mean to talk as if he's not with us anymore.
Woody: Y'all, I've known him for over 30 years. I've worked for him at Dixon Correctional Institute. He is a very religious man, but he's a nonsense man. But he actually cares about the prisoners, as strange as that sounds. He cares about them and he wants to give them dignity, even in death.
Jim: Yes.
Woody: He was very instrumental in bringing all the changes to Angola, from healthcare to prison inmate programs and give them hope and stuff like that. But he specifically cares about them in death. And even the executions, he stands with them he eats their last meal-- or he used to when he was in Angola. He would eat the last meal with them, whatever they chose. He was there with them when they took the last breath.
Jim: 100%. I'll tell you a quick story about how Burl Cain transformed not only the caskets themselves, but the entire process of conducting a funeral for these Angola inmates. When he was in his first year at Angola, they had a burial for one of the prisoners that he attended. At that burial, they were lowering the prisoner into the ground. At this time, they were essentially crates with cardboard--
Woody: Basically, like a cardboard box. A big, long cardboard box that holds the body.
Jim: They're lowering this inmate down and the bottom fell out of the cardboard box. If that wasn't bad enough, as they started piling dirt on, the top end of the cardboard casket collapsed. In Burl Cain's eyes, this has got to change. It was a total loss of dignity.
Woody: Right, dignity there.
Jim: At that point, he seeked out who was considered the best carpenter in Angola, talked to him and said, "Look, we want you to head this new program where we're going to build caskets for the prisoners." The guy was more than willing to do it, obviously. And off they went with the casket building that has become world renowned. We'll tell you later about some people you may have heard of that have actually been buried in caskets built by prisoners of Angola.
Woody: Right. Now, think about this, y'all. Everybody gets sentenced to Angola-- well, I can't say everybody, but a lot of them have certain crafts that they're masters of before they went in. This guy was a master carpenter. I mean, you have electricians, you have lawyers, you have doctors, you have painters, whatever. Burl sought out the best carpenter. I know they have a lot of them, but he sought out the best carpenter to make these caskets. Now, I know we're going to talk about more in detail but think about how much a casket costs. It costs you like $7000, $8,000 for a general casket for a funeral now, but think about how much it would cost you to have a hand crafted-
Jim: Custom made.
Woody: -custom-made, just beautiful piece of artwork so you can go to eternal rest in it.
Jim: 100%. And he also instituted some other programs.
Woody: In 1998, Burl, the funeral process, just taking a casket out there, even though it was hand built and all that in the back of a pickup truck, that still is not like a funeral procession. So, in 1998, he had inmates build a black horse-drawn hearse modeled after an 1800s vintage funeral coach for use during the burial rites. Now, this hearse is a beautiful piece of artwork in itself, and it's pulled by two large white Percheron horses. The hearse is driven by an inmate dressed in black tailcoat and a black high hat, which are also made in Angola in the sewing shop. And six pallbearer follow the coach on the road to the cemetery and assist with the burial. Inmate ministers conduct a service, and the living, traditionally sinned, they're departed away with acapella rendition, "Praise the Lord, I'm free. No longer bound. No more chains holding me. My soul is resting. It's just a blessing. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. I am free."
Jim: Yeah, it's a sight to be seen, really, these horse-drawn carriages, and so much respect is put into that. You may ask yourself, we're talking

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Death Threat | Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast #8

Death Threat | Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast #8

Special Guest Kelly Jennings who spent time as a Classifications Office at Louisiana State penitentiary at Angola joins Woody and Jim for a second appearance and tells of a very serious Death Threat she received while working at the bloodiest prison in America.#DeathThreat #AngolaPrison #LouisianaStatePrision #Louisiana #BloodyAngola Episode 8 "Death Threat" is engineered and Produced by Jim Chapman and Envision Podcast Studios LLC Bloody Angola on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloodyAngolaPodcastBloody Angola on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodyangola/ Bloody Angola on the web: https://www.bloodyangola.com Thank you to our sponsors! A-1 Mortgage Services: https://a1mortgageservices.com Cajun Navy ground Force: https://www.gocajunnavy.org Stirgus Credit Repair: https://stirguscreditrepair.com/ Performance Tire and Automotive: https://www.performancetireandautomotive.com Southern Rhythm Venue and Entertainment: https://southernrhythm.com Hustle Makes it Happen the Podcast: https://www.hustlemakesithappen.com The Brock Law Firm: https://www.lawyerlivingstonla.com Flourish Hormone Replacement and Wellness Centers: https://www.flourishhormonereplacement.com #AngolaPrison #PrisonPodcast #BloodyAngola #PodcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Inside The Wire | Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast #7

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Special Guest Kelly Jennings who spent time as a Classifications Office at Louisiana State penitentiary at Angola gives us (and you) a view of the layout of the notorious maximum Security Prison located in Louisiana from a whole different perspective.#Insidethewire #AngolaPrison #LouisianaStatePrision #Louisiana #BloodyAngola Episode 7 "Inside the Wire" is engineered and Produced by Jim Chapman and Envision Podcast Studios LLC Bloody Angola on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloodyAngolaPodcastBloody Angola on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodyangola/ Bloody Angola on the web: https://www.bloodyangola.com Thank you to our sponsors! A-1 Mortgage Services: https://a1mortgageservices.com Cajun Navy ground Force: https://www.gocajunnavy.org Stirgus Credit Repair: https://stirguscreditrepair.com/ Performance Tire and Automotive: https://www.performancetireandautomotive.com Southern Rhythm Venue and Entertainment: https://southernrhythm.com Hustle Makes it Happen the Podcast: https://www.hustlemakesithappen.com The Brock Law Firm: https://www.lawyerlivingstonla.com Flourish Hormone Replacement and Wellness Centers: https://www.flourishhormonereplacement.com #AngolaPrison #PrisonPodcast #BloodyAngola #PodcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

1 Sep 20221h 3min

Bloody Angola:A Podcast by Woody Overton and Jim Chapman WARNING ONLY

Bloody Angola:A Podcast by Woody Overton and Jim Chapman WARNING ONLY

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31 Aug 202248s

Rule Book | Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast #6 Woody Overton and Jim Chapman

Rule Book | Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast #6 Woody Overton and Jim Chapman

So what are the rules of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola?  Woody Overton and Jim Chapman have the Louisiana Department of Corrections "Rule Book" that is issued to both Inmates and Staff of Angola state prison.  In this episode we cover the rules of the prison in detail, some may shock you!  Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast by Woody Overton and Jim Chapman tells the history and stories of the bloodiest prison in American history, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.  From the creative minds of award winning podcasters Woody Overton of Real life Real Crime and Jim Chapman of  Local Leaders:The Podcast Bloody Angola is a no holds barred podcast based on stories and interviews of the bloodiest prison in America, told like you have never heard it!    Episode 6 "Rule Book" is engineered and Produced by Jim Chapman and Envision Podcast Studios LLC    Bloody Angola on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BloodyAngolaPodcast Bloody Angola on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/bloodyangola/   Bloody Angola on the web:  https://www.bloodyangola.com   Thank you to our sponsors!   A-1 Mortgage Services:  https://a1mortgageservices.com   Cajun Navy ground Force:  https://www.gocajunnavy.org  Stirgus Credit Repair:  https://stirguscreditrepair.com/  Performance Tire and Automotive:  https://www.performancetireandautomotive.com  Southern Rhythm Venue and Entertainment:  https://southernrhythm.com  Hustle Makes it Happen the Podcast:  https://www.hustlemakesithappen.com  The Brock Law Firm:  https://www.lawyerlivingstonla.com  Flourish Hormone Replacement and Wellness Centers:  https://www.flourishhormonereplacement.com #AngolaPrison #PrisonPodcast #BloodyAngola #PodcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

25 Aug 202252min

|Brent Miller and the Angola 3 Part 3| Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast

|Brent Miller and the Angola 3 Part 3| Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast

Woody Overton and Jim Chapman conclude this 3 part series covering the brutal murder of Angola Prison Guard Brent Miller with inside information and details you may have never heard. This episode covers the convictions of Alford Woodbox and Herman Wallace of the Angola 3. Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast by Woody Overton and Jim Chapman tells the history and stories of the bloodiest prison in American history, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. From the creative minds of award winning podcasters Woody Overton of Real Life Real Crime @Real Life Real Crime Podcast  and Jim Chapman of @Local Leaders:The Podcast Bloody Angola is a no holds barred podcast based on stories and interviews of the bloodiest prison in America, told like you have never heard it!    Episode 4 "Brent Miller and the Angola 3 Part Two" is engineered and Produced by  Jim Chapman and Envision Podcast Studios LLC    #AngolaPrison #PrisonPodcast #BloodyAngola #PodcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

18 Aug 202257min

|Brent Miller and the Angola 3 Part Two| Bloody Angola A Prison Podcast by Woody Overton and Jim Chapman

|Brent Miller and the Angola 3 Part Two| Bloody Angola A Prison Podcast by Woody Overton and Jim Chapman

Woody Overton and Jim Chapman continue the discussion into the brutal murder of Angola Prison Guard Brent Miller with inside information and details you may have never heard. #AlbertWoodfox #BloodyAngola #PrisonPodcast #PodcastBloody Angola: A Prison Podcast by Woody Overton and Jim Chapman tells the history and stories of the bloodiest prison in American history, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. From the creative minds of award winning podcasters Woody Overton of Real Life Real Crime  @Real Life Real Crime Podcast    Jim Chapman of     @Local Leaders:The Podcast     Bloody Angola is a no holds barred podcast based on stories and interviews of the bloodiest prison in America, told like you have never heard it!    Episode 4 "Brent Miller and the Angola 3 Part Two" is engineered and Produced by Jim Chapman and Envision Podcast Studios LLC   Bloody Angola on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BloodyAngolaPodcast  Bloody Angola on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/bloodyangola/  Bloody Angola on the web:  https://www.bloodyangola.com  Thank you to our sponsors!   A-1 Mortgage Services:  https://a1mortgageservices.com   Cajun Navy ground Force:  https://www.gocajunnavy.org  Stirgus Credit Repair:  https://stirguscreditrepair.com/  Performance Tire and Automotive:  https://www.performancetireandautomotive.com  Southern Rhythm Venue and Entertainment:  https://southernrhythm.com  Hustle Makes it Happen the Podcast:  https://www.hustlemakesithappen.com  The Brock Law Firm:  https://www.lawyerlivingstonla.com  Flourish Hormone Replacement and Wellness Centers:  https://www.flourishhormonereplacement.com #AngolaPrison #PrisonPodcast #BloodyAngola #PodcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

11 Aug 202255min

Bloody Angola: Brent Miller and the Angola 3 Part 1

Bloody Angola: Brent Miller and the Angola 3 Part 1

Woody Overton and Jim Chapman discuss the brutal murder of Angola Prison Guard Brent Miller with inside information and details you may have never heard.Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast by Woody Overton and Jim Chapman tells the history and stories of the bloodiest prison in American history, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.From the creative minds of award winning podcasters Woody Overton of Real Life Real Crime   @Real Life Real Crime Podcast     and Jim Chapman of   @Local Leaders:The Podcast    Bloody Angola is a no holds barred podcast based on stories and interviews of the bloodiest prison in America, told like you have never heard it!   Episode 3 "Brent Miller and the Angola 3" is engineered and Produced by Jim Chapman and Envision Podcast Studios LLC  Bloody Angola on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloodyAngolaPodcast Bloody Angola on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodyangola/ Bloody Angola on the web: https://www.bloodyangola.com Thank you to our sponsors!  A-1 Mortgage Services: https://a1mortgageservices.com  Cajun Navy ground Force: https://www.gocajunnavy.org Stirgus Credit Repair: https://stirguscreditrepair.com/ Performance Tire and Automotive: https://www.performancetireandautomotive.com Southern Rhythm Venue and Entertainment: https://southernrhythm.com Hustle Makes it Happen the Podcast: https://www.hustlemakesithappen.com The Brock Law Firm: https://www.lawyerlivingstonla.com Flourish Hormone Replacement and Wellness Centers: https://www.flourishhormonereplacement.com #AngolaPrison #PrisonPodcast #BloodyAngola #PodcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

4 Aug 202253min

THE HEEL STRING GANG Bloody Angola Episode 2 - A Prison Podcast by Woody Overton and Jim Chapman

THE HEEL STRING GANG Bloody Angola Episode 2 - A Prison Podcast by Woody Overton and Jim Chapman

From the creative minds of award winning podcasters Woody Overton of Real Life Real Crime   @Real Life Real Crime Podcast     and Jim Chapman of   @Local Leaders:The Podcast    Bloody Angola is a no holds barred podcast based on stories and interviews of the bloodiest prison in America, told like you have never heard it!  Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has a notorious history and the best in podcast storytelling and the best in interview style podcasting have joined forces to show bring a podcast experience like you have never seen!  Episode 2 "The Heel String Gang" is engineered and Produced by Jim Chapman and Envision Podcast Studios LLC  Bloody Angola on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloodyAngolaPodcast Bloody Angola on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodyangola/ Bloody Angola on the web: https://www.bloodyangola.com Thank you to our sponsors!  A-1 Mortgage Services: https://a1mortgageservices.com  Cajun Navy ground Force: https://www.gocajunnavy.org Stirgus Credit Repair: https://stirguscreditrepair.com/ Performance Tire and Automotive: https://www.performancetireandautomotive.com Southern Rhythm Venue and Entertainment: https://southernrhythm.com Hustle Makes it Happen the Podcast: https://www.hustlemakesithappen.com The Brock Law Firm: https://www.lawyerlivingstonla.com Flourish Hormone Replacement and Wellness Centers: https://www.flourishhormonereplacement.com #AngolaPrison #PrisonPodcast #BloodyAngolaAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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