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The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm" [8]) is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections.
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.
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 the men...
Oct 17, 2023 · Louisiana State Penitentiary, nicknamed Angola, is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States. The sprawling 28-acre facility houses 6,300 inmates in a series of prisons, called...
News about Louisiana State Penitentiary. Commentary and archival information about Louisiana State Penitentiary from The New York Times.
Lester Holt, anchor of "NBC Nightly News," embedded with inmates at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, the largest maximum-security prison in the country.
Louisiana State Penitentiary | Prison Documentary | Nat GeoThe Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP, also known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the So...
Apr 10, 2023 · The prison where I live—the Louisiana State Penitentiary, colloquially known as Angola—went quiet in those early days of death and fear.
Sep 9, 2015 · There are more than 6,000 men currently imprisoned at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola—three-quarters of them are there for life, and nearly 80 percent are African American.
Louisiana State Penitentiary, once known as “America’s Bloodiest Prison,” is the largest maximum security prison in the nation. The penitentiary’s storied history of instability and reform serve as a reminder of the progress made within corrections and the possibilities of rehabilitation.
