“Angola is still a slave plantation. Slavery never ended for us.” - Terrance Winn, Advocate and Survivor of Forced Labor, Founder of PIPES 

On behalf of the Ford Foundation, in partnership with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, you are invited to a screening of Plantations and Prisons: A History of Forced Labor in Louisiana.

Every day, the State of Louisiana forces thousands of incarcerated people, mostly Black, to work the fields of Angola Prison in unsafe conditions under threat of further punishment and harm. Guards with shotguns monitor men, soaked in their own sweat, without safety gear, often suffering near-death injuries and heat exhaustion for 2 cents an hour or nothing at all.

Plantations and Prisons is the product of a multi-year investigation and effort to gather the rich and illuminating first-hand accounts of present-day slavery.

This film and evening are part of Promise of Justice Initiative's campaign to End Plantation Prisons. Promise of Justice Initiative is a New Orleans-based organization that fights for the dignity, freedom, and autonomy of those impacted by mass incarceration in Louisiana.

Click here to watch the trailer for Plantations and Prisons: A History of Forced Labor in Louisiana.