Lester Holt goes inside maximum security prison: 'everyone looks like us, people of color'

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'I went out on a tractor with inmates, and we were picking carrots, and I looked around, and I said to them... 'everybody looks like us, meaning people of color.'' -LesterHoltNBC tells AriMelber about his time spent inside Louisiana's Angola prison

NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt brings you inside the largest maximum security prison in the United States.

In a new series, "Justice for All", Holt spends two nights in the notorious Angola Louisiana State Penitentiary. Lester reports on racial discrimination inside the U.S. criminal justice system, Angola’s plantation history and reveals what inmates told him about seeking justice.

 

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LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Slavery today in the U.S. legal according to the 13th amendment.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Slavery by Another Name.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Bet if you go to Superior, WI most of the prisoners will be white.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber That argument only stands when the person does not deserve to be there... everyone he talked to doing life had brutally murdered someone... wtf?

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Angola prison in Louisiana is for the hard core criminals.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Can Lester Holt put 2 and 2 together? Max. Prison [everyone looks like Us] Serious Crimes-Lets all fix why people of color are in here?

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber And if you want some diversity (as you are so fond of it), please send morningmika there.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber “Lester Holt goes inside maximum security prison” What did Holt do?

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber So stop committing crimes! Period.

3ChicsPolitico LesterHoltNBC AriMelber One of America ‘s most horrific Prisons, in my home state..🙏🏽👁😥

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber That's right les, keep peddlin that race card!

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber That's dumb. Did anyone force them to commit the crime? Should they get off charges bcuz of skin color? Libs!

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber At least Mr. Holt is trying to shine a little light on a very big problem. I commend him for speaking about the long terms lots of inmates receive & now they are so much older & the question of where these inmates should be living now.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber How was the pudding pop?

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber I thought he was talking about the blue shirts.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber 'College Educated White Journalist Bravely Hangs Out With Minorities.'

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Angola? Ha? Interesting. You Africa. Right?

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber They should have kept the nutjob in prison.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Lmao dude went to a prison and forgets why people are put in there. Yes we should allow murders to walk the street because that's humane to the victims!

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber It is good .LesterHoltNBC is doing this-- addressing an issue that often lies under the limelight. Although a solution is not at the forefront right now, a conversation about it is all to takes to get the ball rolling on action. -Noah

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Mass incarceration began at slave Castles/'Factories', that warehoused human resources to be sold across the Atlantic. This is a European construct to access free labor, yet -- it cost more to house the incarcerated, than to educated them and place them in the job market.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber This is real reporting. An intimate look. This prison in Louisiana has a reputation that is horrible regarding blacks. They probably all are. Can’t wait to see the complete Report. Thanks Lester Holt for going in.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Lester Holt got his cheeks busted, surely.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber And that tells us what?

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber so..are you saying that people of color are more likely to commit crimes?

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Stop committing crimes then

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Forced labor, legalized slavery. That's what jails and prisons are for.

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber So why do y’all commit so many crimes?! That’s the real question!

LesterHoltNBC AriMelber Oh my.

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