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'Mishmash of mandates': Appeals court sides with Angola in class action over medical improvements

The Advocate | Baton Rouge

Apr 13, 2026

A federal appeals court has found that prisoner health care at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola met standards set by the Eighth Amendment,. |!| Baton Rouge

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