Louisiana State Penitentiary

===Magazine===
{{main|The Angolite}} 	
[[File:WilbertR.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Wilbert Rideau]] was an editor of ''[[The Angolite]]'', 1975 to 2002]]
	 	
''The Angolite'' is the inmate-published and -edited magazine of the institution, which began in 1975 or 1976.<ref>"[http://www.corrections.state.la.us/LSP/programs.php Rehabilitative Services / Work Programs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214112833/http://www.corrections.state.la.us/LSP/programs.php |date=2011-02-14 }}." Louisiana State Penitentiary. Retrieved on August 29, 2010.</ref> Each year, six issues are published.<ref name="Timeinprison34"/> Louisiana prison officials believed that an independently edited publication would help the prison. ''The Angolite'' gained a national reputation as a quality magazine and won international awards under two prisoner editors, [[Wilbert Rideau]] and [[Billy Sinclair]],<ref name="TopicsofTimes">"[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/11/opinion/topics-of-the-times-freedom-behind-bars.html TOPICS OF THE TIMES; Freedom Behind Bars]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. May 11, 1987. Retrieved on October 7, 2010.</ref> who became co-editors in 1978.<ref>McConnaughey, Janet. (Associated Press) "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HGwiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fqwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1252,4599421&dq=billy-sinclair+wilbert-rideau&hl=en Jailhouse journalist is released]," ''[[The Argus-Press]]''. December 24, 2000. 8A. Retrieved from ''[[Google News]]'' (5 of 25) on October 7, 2010. "Under Rideau and Billy Sinclair who became coeditor in 1978 ...</ref> Associate editor Ron Gene Wikberg joined them in 1988, moving up from a position as staff writer. He worked on the magazine until gaining parole in 1992.