Louisiana State Penitentiary

The Louisiana State Penitentiary is a maximum-security correctional facility in operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
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  • Prison farm
  • …lies at an elevation of 43 feet (13 metres)
  • 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”
    “The Farm”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Red Hat Cell Block.

Prison
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The is a former prison housing unit… is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Louisiana State Penitentiary

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Latitude
30.95601° or 30° 57′ 22″ north
Longitude
-91.59428° or 91° 35′ 39″ west
Open location code
862CXC44+C7
Geo­Names ID
4331953
Wiki­data ID
Q1732216

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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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