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The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm") 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.
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 enforcement of the laws, and management of programs.
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...
1901 Angola State Farms and The Board of Control The State of Louisiana purchased the prison camp from the James family in 1900 and resumed control of its prisoners in 1901 after fifty-six years of convict leasing and conditions for inmates begin to improve.
The Angola Museum at the Louisiana State Penitentiary aims to preserve the past, honor all progress, and educate the future about Louisiana's most notorious prison.
Nov 26, 2021 · Nation Nov 26, 2021 4:13 PM EDT. NEW ORLEANS – On a warm October day, 84-year-old Lester Pearson uses a cane to slowly walk out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary as a free man. After 57 years...
Sep 9, 2015 · Angola Prison From the Inside - The Atlantic. Politics. The End of the Line: Rehabilitation and Reform in Angola Penitentiary. In the nation’s largest maximum-security prison, a...
Jun 18, 2021 · Public domain image. The Louisiana State Penitentiary nicknamed the “Alcatraz of the South” is the largest maximum security prison in the country. Six thousand, three hundred men, 80 per cent of whom are black are held there.
The Louisiana Prison Museum is located at the end of the Tunica Trace (also called Highway 66) beside the Louisiana State Penitentiary. The main museum building is located outside of the penitentiary front gates. Our address is: 17544 Tunica Trace, Angola, Louisiana 70712. You can get customized directions using Google Maps. Parking
Sep 9, 2015 · Sep 09, 2015 | 103 videos. Video by The Atlantic. There are more than 6,000 men currently imprisoned at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola—three-quarters of them are there for...
