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  2. Angola Prison Rodeo - Wikipedia

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    Prison authorities permitted Favor to travel across the state to promote the event. Favor earmarked funds raised through the rodeo to finance emergency trips for inmates, under guard. [6] [7] The rodeo is still operating [8] and is the oldest prison rodeo in the United States; [citation needed] the Texas Prison Rodeo started in 1931 but was ...

  3. Louisiana State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    The prison charges admission. Due to the rodeo's popularity, Angola built a 10,000-person stadium to support visitors; it opened in 2000. [172] As part of the prison rodeo, [173] the prison holds a semiannual Arts and Crafts Festival. [174] In 2010, it started the Angola Prison Horse Sale, also during the rodeo.

  4. Teen raped by inmate at controversial La. prison rodeo: report

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    A teenage girl was reportedly raped by an inmate at a Louisiana state prison while attending the controversial Angola Prison Rodeo. According to WBRZ, the inmate was seen leaving a bathroom with a ...

  5. Kirksey Nix - Wikipedia

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    While serving a life sentence for murder at Angola State Penitentiary, Nix built a criminal empire from which he hoped to earn enough money to buy his way out of prison. Although he dabbled in insurance fraud and drug dealing, Nix's primary money-making scheme was a "lonely hearts" scam designed to defraud homosexual men.

  6. Angola Prison Rodeo returns: Sell-out crowd and inmates enjoy ...

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    After a two-season hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Angola Prison Rodeo returns with 11 events, hobby crafts to buy.

  7. Robert Hillary King - Wikipedia

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    Robert Hillary King (born May 30, 1942 [1]), also known as Robert King Wilkerson, is an American known as one of the Angola Three, former prisoners who were held at Louisiana State Penitentiary in solitary confinement for decades after being convicted in 1973 of prison murders. Initially held at Angola after being convicted of armed robbery ...

  8. How to go to America's most famous prison rodeo in Angola for ...

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    The Angola Prison Rodeo, known as The Wildest Show in the South, began in 1965 and is the oldest event of its kind in America. The Angola Prison Rodeo, known as The Wildest Show in the South ...

  9. Billy Sinclair - Wikipedia

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    Billy Wayne Sinclair (born 1945) is a former prisoner at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (also known as Angola), convicted of first-degree murder and originally sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to life in 1972.