article_snippet: A prisoner is bucked off a bull in front of a packed stadium at the Angola Rodeo at Louisiana State Penitentiary .
article_snippet: PRISON RODEO: LOUISIANA, USA .
article_snippet: This is precisely what This says on the packet - a rodeo in which prisoners are the stars of the show.
article_snippet: Prison rodeos are held throughout the United States but the oldest of the United States kind is the Angola Rodeo at Louisiana State Penitentiary held at Louisiana State Penitentiary, which has been going strong since 1965.
article_snippet: When the Angola Rodeo at Louisiana State Penitentiary is held on the weekend of April 18 and 19, bull riding will as always be the main event, but some visitors come especially for the arts and crafts market.
article_snippet: A bizarre even among the bucking broncos and barrel races is convict poker, which features four prisoners playing poker while an angry bull runs around the arena, sometimes with painful results.
article_snippet: Funds raised by the Angola Rodeo at Louisiana State Penitentiary go back into the running of the Angola Rodeo at Louisiana State Penitentiary and into the Inmate Welfare Fund, which provides inmates with educational and recreational supplies.