Louisiana State Penitentiary
The Louisiana State Penitentiary is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. Angola is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States, with 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff, including corrections officers, janitors, maintenance workers, deputy wardens, and the warden himself.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: prison farm
- Description: state prison in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA
- Also known as: “Alcatraz of the South”, “Angola”, “Angola Penitentiary”, “Angola Plantation”, “Angola Prison”, “Angola, Louisiana”, “Farm”, “LSP”, and “The Farm”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Hat Cell Block.
Red Hat Cell Block
Prison
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The Red Hat Cell Block is a former prison housing unit of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana which, for a time, also contained the state's execution chamber and electric chair. Red Hat Cell Block is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Louisiana State Penitentiary
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Louisiana State Penitentiary” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سجن ولاية لويزيانا”
- Basque: “Louisianako Estatu Presondegia”
- Catalan: “Angola”
- Catalan: “centre penitenciari de Louisiana”
- Catalan: “centre penitenciari estatal de Louisiana”
- Catalan: “Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- Catalan: “LSP”
- Chinese: “路易斯安那州立监狱”
- Chinese: “路易西安那州州立監獄”
- Czech: “Louisianská státní věznice”
- Dutch: “Angola Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- Dutch: “Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن ولاية لويزيانا”
- Faroese: “Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- Finnish: “Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- French: “Angola Prison”
- French: “Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- French: “Pénitencier d’État de Louisiane”
- German: “Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- Japanese: “ルイジアナ州立刑務所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- Norwegian: “Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- Spanish: “Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- Spanish: “Penitenciaría Estatal de Luisiana”
- Swedish: “Farmen”
- Swedish: “Louisiana State Penitentiary”
- Swedish: “LSP”
- Swedish: “Söderns Alcatraz”
- Urdu: “انگولا ایئرسٹرپ”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà tù Tiểu bang Louisiana”
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