Grace Before Dying

Lori Waselchuk's work documents the new hospice program run by inmate volunteers at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a first-of-its kind service meant to comfort inmates who are elderly or fatally ill. Waselchuk's photographs explore how, through hospice, inmates assert and affirm their humanity in an environment designed to isolate and punish.

Lori Waselchuk is a documentary photographer whose photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including Newsweek,Life, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. She has reproduced photographs for several international aid organizations including CARE, the UN World Food Program, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the Vaccine Fund.

Lawrence N. Powell is a professor of history at Tulane University and the author of several books.