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06/08/1998
Burl Cain
A conversation with prison warden Burl Cain
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A conversation with Burl Cain, the warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, the largest prison in the United States, about the documentary "The Farm", which chronicles the prison. He also discusses the sorrows he has witnessed over the years and his ideal of prison reform.
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I know this man and have done ethnography at the prison. Though he is very sincere with regard to "moral rehabilitation" the man is as crooked as can be. Presently there is a bribery case against him, but with a brother in the legislature and the good ol' boy network still strong, he is well entrenched. The sadness there is beyond compare in America.