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Jail Name:
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Jail Type:
State Prison
State:
Louisiana
County:
WEST FELICIANA
City:
Angola
Source:
Wikipedia
Description:
The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm"[8]) is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is named "Angola" after the former plantation that occupied this territory. The plantation was named for the African country that was the origin of many slaves brought to Louisiana.[9] Angola is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States[10] with 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff, including corrections officers, janitors, maintenance, and wardens. Located in West Feliciana Parish, the prison is set between oxbow lakes on the east side of a bend of the Mississippi River, so it is surrounded on three sides by water. It lies less than two miles south of Louisiana's straight east-west border with Mississippi. The 18,000 acres (73 km2) of land the prison sits on was known before the American Civil War as the Angola Plantations and was owned by Isaac Franklin. The prison is located at the end of Louisiana Highway 66, around 22 miles (35 km) northwest of St. Francisville.
Opened:
1844
Security Class:
Maximum
Address:
17544 Tunica Trace
Zip Code:
70712
Location:
17544 Tunica Trace, Angola, LA 70712
Email:
LAHelpU.DCFS@la.gov
Phone 1:
225-655-4411
Population:
5100
Capacity:
5108
Judicial District:
Angola, LA
Inmate Mail 1:
Inmate Last Name, First Name, ID Number Louisiana State Penitentiary 17544 Tunica Trace Angola, LA 70712
17544 Tunica Trace, 70712, Angola, Louisiana
Visiting Friday:
6am–4pm
Visiting Saturday:
6am–4pm
Visiting Sunday:
6am–4pm
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