Few of us have stopped to think what it would be like to end your life behind bars, but for many in our prisons this is the reality of where their last breaths will be taken. Serving Life is a movie that looks at the inmates that serve as hospice workers behind bars in Angola Prison in Louisiana where the average sentence is 90 years. NPR did a segment when the movie first came out that may peek your interest in seeing this film that has been streaming on Netflix off and on.
In a country that is in denial about death this is an amazing look at how one person can make a huge difference in people’s end of life journey even in the most difficult of circumstances. After watching this movie you will have a different viewpoint on the compassion. You will see that even the most hardened prisoners are capable of great decency and you will begin to think differently about what kind of a contribution anyone can make to another’s journey.
The Curious Autodidact 
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