There are more than 6,000 men currently imprisoned at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola—three-quarters of them are there for life, and nearly 80 percent are African American. It's the end of the line for many convicted criminals in Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate of any state in the U.S. In this Atlantic original documentary, national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg goes inside Angola to speak with inmates and with warden Burl Cain, who has managed the prison for two decades. Cain and his colleagues grapple with the crucial question: What does rehabilitation look like when you're locked away for life?

2016 Webby Finalist: Documentary: Individual Episode

directed by: Sam Price-Waldman

camera: Sam Price-Waldman, Paul Rosenfeld

produced by: Jeffrey Goldberg, Kasia Cieplak-Mayr Von Baldegg, Sam Price-Waldman

produced for: The Atlantic