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'Emotional rollercoaster' of an executioner

By JAMES ELLIS - Tuesday, June 16, 2009Burl Cain, 67, is warden of the tough Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. Some 90 per cent of inmates die while incarcerated, thanks to the length of their sentences. Since Cain became warden in 1995, violence among inmates is down 73 per cent.Tell us about Angola.If you come in the front gate, go to the left and drive all the way down to the Mississippi River, over the hills and back to the front gate, you would drive 22miles (35km). This prison is as big as Manhattan. I have 5,260 inmates and the only sentences we have are rape, murder, armed robbery and habitual ?three strikes and you?re out? felons. Some 3,700 of them are serving life, the average sentence for the others is 93 years. This is hardcore but since I?ve been here, violence has fallen by 73 per cent...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on July 07, 2009 (boomark / email).