Louisiana State Penitentiary

The Louisiana State Penitentiary is a maximum-security prison farm in 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.
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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.

Prison
The is a former prison housing unit of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in , which, for a time, also contained the state's execution chamber and electric chair. is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Louisiana State Penitentiary

Latitude
30.95601° or 30° 57′ 22″ north
Longitude
-91.59428° or 91° 35′ 39″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
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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