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hi I'm Anthony vend Didi producer with the CBS news program 48 hours today I taking a ride up to Louisiana State
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penitentiary in Angola uh not just because it plays a role in the hour that we're working on but uh also because
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there's something up at the prison I find both fascinating and bizarre so let's go check it
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out the interesting thing about the drive to Angola is that the prison is literally the end of the road
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this 17 M 2-lane Road dead ends at the prison itself and I've got three choices I can either drive into the
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prison I can turn around or I can make a little stop right before the entrance of
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the prison you'll see it coming up that's what I want to show you this is the Angola museum inside
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there's a model prison cell a display of confiscated makeshift weapons and even the electric chair that was in use until
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1991 and if you want to bring back a piece of Angola right next door is a gift shop where they sell mugs prison
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box of shorts and t-shirts including some that are very tongue and cheek I was surprised to find
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a gift shop connected to one of the most infamous prisons in the US but Angola is
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also home to a famous Rodeo and that's when the shop does its best business well there you have it the Angola Museum
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and Gift Shop now all the proceeds from the sales go to the upkeep in the museum
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honestly you see some strange things working for 48 hours but this has got to be one of the strangest for me