The judge told me I had a choice: I could do four years at the Houma city jail or two years at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, with an option to transfer out to the minimum-security DeQuincy jail in 90 days if I was well behaved. I’d seen guys in my neighborhood come back from Angola throughout my childhood. They were given the highest respect. I thought it would be an honor to go there. I chose Angola.
Prison time is to be respected?
