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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 slave plantation that occupied this territory.
Sep 6, 2019 · Lester Holt, anchor of "NBC Nightly News," embedded with inmates at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, the largest maximum-security prison in the country.
- Lester Holt
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Jul 19, 2023 · The ACLU says the heat index in the area has been above 88 degrees F since late May, and the ongoing heat wave has pushed that index well into the triple digits. The Office of Juvenile Justice has...
Oct 1, 2022 · Filmed at Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, the project contains 100 interviews with prisoners serving life sentences without parole, and allows the public to watch and listen to the men ...
For more information, please contact Louisiana State Penitentiary at 225-655-2031. For more information about Louisiana State Penitentiary visit the Angola Museum website or the Angola Rodeo website. The mission of Louisiana State Penitentiary is to provide for the custody, control, care, and treatment of adjudicated people in prison through ...
- 17544 Tunica Trace, Angola, LA 70712
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Dec 1, 2019 · I. n his January 3, 1832, address to the General Assembly, Louisiana Governor André Roman stressed the need for a “house of correction” that would save the $20,000 per year spent to house state prisoners and remove them from the fetid, vermin-infested New Orleans jail where they had been housed. The legislators agreed to an initial ...