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Located in West Feliciana Parish, the prison is set between oxbow lakes on the east side of a bend of the Mississippi River and thus flanked on three sides by water. It lies less than two miles (three kilometers) south of Louisiana's straight east-west border with Mississippi.
Louisiana State Penitentiary is the state’s oldest and only maximum security prison and, as such, a much sought after tour for school groups, churches, and criminal justice professionals.
- 17544 Tunica Trace, Angola, LA 70712
Apr 25, 2024 · Address. 17544 Tunica Trace, Angola, LA 70712. Beds. 5108. County. West Feliciana Parish. Phone. 225-655-4411. View Official Website. LSP is for State Prison offenders sentenced anywhere from one year to life by the State Court in the county where the charges were filed.
- 17544 Tunica Trace, Angola, LA 70712
- (225) 655-4411
Dec 30, 2022 · Founded in the early nineteenth century during a time of radical penal reformation, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is one of the nation’s largest prisons. Although the penitentiary’s original plan focused on prisoner rehabilitation, over time the prison garnered a reputation for brutal treatment of inmates and unhygienic facilities.
Apr 10, 2023 · Tucked into a horseshoe along the Mississippi River, in West Feliciana Parish, Angola in the early months of the pandemic was home to roughly 5,500 criminally convicted men and visited daily...
- John Corley
Angola Plantation lies in a bend of the Mississippi River about 30 miles upriver from St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, planned a levee enlargement project that threatened archaeological remains at Angola Plantation.
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West Feliciana Parish Transitional Work Program (LAWF)* 9943 W Feliciana Pkwy, St Francisville, LA 70775. Phone: (225) 635-3807
