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A federal judge ruled that the medical system at Louisiana’s Angola prison has failed inmates for decades. But the Prison Litigation Reform Act could keep the judge from forcing the state to make changes.

Verite News reporter Rich Webster talked about his latest story, published in partnership with ProPublica, on this episode of Porch Poppin’.

READ MORE: A judge ruled a Louisiana prison’s health care system has failed inmates for decades. A federal law could block reforms.

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