Angola Prison hosted its first father-daughter dance, giving incarcerated men a rare opportunity to reconnect and share a meaningful moment with daughters they had not seen for years.
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  • 85 points Sharchir

    What a beautiful thing to have done for them

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  • 90 points drifterinthadark

    I strongly recommend the "Daughters" documentary on netflix which covers one of these father-daughter dances. I struggle even bringing it up to people without getting teary eyed. It completely broke me, in both good ways and bad.

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    26 points asanisimasa88

    It’s a hard watch. Worth it, but hard. The dance itself is amazing but the aftermath of the dance is brutal, especially with that sweet and smart 7 year old girl who doesn’t quite understand how much time her dad is going to do

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    6 points bstkeptsecret89

    Well that broke my heart.

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    5 points Beautiful-Chef-9547

    I’m a teacher in dc and I personally know one of the girls from daughters! She’s doing well and dad seems to be ok, he picks up the little ones from school a lot

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  • 35 points SeriesMindless

    A lifetime of shame and regret. This is likely the best way to scare a guy straight tbh.

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  • 24 points Khayalmetal

    Cry cry. U think u r tough now? What a beautiful gesture.

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  • 16 points LyricalWillow

    This is beautiful. I hope they keep doing it.

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  • 14 points MrCupps

    God damn. Phone away. Hugging my girls.

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  • 8 points unknownyoyo

    I’m more than ok with tax dollars going towards things like this

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    17 points prolifezombabe

    I think it was paid for by a charity who I am now going to hunt down and donate to

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    7 points unknownyoyo

    That is…. Honestly the most wholesome thing I have heard all day…. If you find it could you reply with it for the rest of us?

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    13 points prolifezombabe

    it's two orgs: Daughters for Change and God Behind Bars!

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  • 5 points prolifezombabe

    The dads are crying, the daughters are crying, I’m crying, just a whole lot of tears over this 🥹

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  • 4 points BridgeCityBus

    I definitely recommend listening to Ear Hustle from the beginning. It’s a podcast run by a journalist and prisoners at San Quentin. It’s an honest look at life behind bars. It’s beautiful and funny at times, as well as very scary, worrisome and intimate.

    The warden signs off on every episode, and gives his story as well.

    Edit: I just want to emphasize how much this podcast really looks at what it means to be a man, mostly minority men, in our culture and society right now.

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    2 points Outrageous-Regular34

    Appreciate you sharing this 🫶🏽

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  • 4 points Rich-Employ-3071

    I love everything about this ❤️!

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  • 4 points [deleted]

    Oh my gosh, such beautiful little princesses!!!! That must have been such an emotional and exciting day for them all.

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  • 4 points apatrol

    I am happy for the daughters.

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  • 4 points Beginning_Drag_2984

    This will make you cry but in a very good way

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  • 2 points Final_Description353

    God bless them and their families. They needed this.❤️

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  • 2 points Popular-Kiwi3931

    This is so dear...🥹

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