Grace Before Dying tells the emotional story of an extraordinary breakthrough in humanity that has helped to transform one of the most dangerous maximum security prisons in the US, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, into one of the least violent. Award-winning photographer Lori Waselchuk not only shows a culture of caring and compassion that challenges stereotypes of the incarcerated, but also provides an intimate and personal perspective on what long-term and life sentences signify from those inside. Includes an essay by prominent historian Lawrence N. Powell.