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This is a list of adult state prisons in Louisiana. It does not include federal prisons or parish jails located in the state of Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections directly operates all except two. Other Facilities Occupied With DOC Former facilities:
Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW) is a prison for women with its permanent pre-2016 facility located in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, United States. It is the only female correctional facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
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.
Gruesome Gertie at the Louisiana State Penitentiary museum Gruesome Gertie was the nickname given by death row inmates to the Louisiana electric chair. It is also widely known for the failed execution of Willie Francis.
Winn Correctional Center (WCC) is a state prison for men, part of the Louisiana Department of Corrections prison system, located about 13 miles (21 km) [1] southwest of Winnfield in unincorporated Winn Parish, Louisiana. [2] It is within the Kisatchie National Forest. [1] As of February 2014, Winn is one of several privately operated prisons in the state. The facility is medium-security and ...
Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) located in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, [1][2] is a multi-security- level Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections institution for adult men. It is the second-largest prison in Louisiana and is located about 70 miles northwest of New Orleans.
Federal Correctional Institution, Oakdale. The Federal Correctional Institution, Oakdale (FCI Oakdale) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Louisiana. It is part of the Oakdale Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) and operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
C. Paul Phelps Correctional Center (PCC) was a Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections prison for men, located in unincorporated Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, [1] about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of DeQuincy and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Lake Charles. The center was located on Louisiana Highway 27. [2] It had a capacity of 942 prisoners and was a medium security facility. [3]