Angola Spring Rodeo

The Prison Rodeo incorporates traditional and unique events. Like a traditional rodeo, it hosts bull riding, bronco riding, barrel racing, and steer wrestling. Uniquely, the Prison Rodeo also includes Convict Poker, where four offenders play poker seated at a table with a loose bull and the last sitting offender wins, and Prisoner Pinball, where offenders stand in randomly placed hula-hoops with a loose bull and the last offender still in their hula-hoop wins. The grand finale and most infamous event at the rodeo is Guts and Glory. In Guts and Glory, a poker chip is fastened to the head of a huge longhorn bull and released into the arena as inmates scramble to snatch the chip and win the monetary prize.