Prisoners, like everyone else, need incentive, and it helps them serve out their sentences with as few problems as possible or even none at all. The prison rodeo seems to create a positive experience for many inmates in various ways. The Angola Penitentiary Rodeo has a long, 50-year history and combines this event with an arts and crafts festival, live entertainment and a huge variety of foods.
Many prison inmates enjoy creating jewelry and leather crafts to sell to the public. They also prepare the food for the rodeo, and all of these endeavors provide a feeling of accomplishment for those involved. Accomplishment paves the way for hope, and hope is essential for a prisoner’s ability to work toward a positive future life.
It’s so popular in the community, literally thousands of people turn up for the Angola Rodeo annually. In fact, the Angola Rodeo of the Louisiana State Penitentiary sold out of Fall 2014 rodeo tickets for October 19th and October 26th.
Community people also participate in the rodeo at times for certain events, which is also good for community relations. Every prison needs that.
Even celebrities made appearances at this rodeo over the years, including Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, George Strait, Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb and Tom T. Hall. Sadly, this prison rodeo ended in 1986 when the arena deteriorated to the point of needing excessive renovation.
Men and women prisoners gain self-respect by giving back to the community in prison rodeo events.
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