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It is located on the eastern edge of Basile in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. The facility was opened in 1993 to serve state, federal and local uses by the private prison company LCS Corrections Services. [1] It was later acquired by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, renamed as The GEO Group, Inc. in 2004 [2] The facility has a capacity of 1,000.
David Wade Correctional Center; Dixon Correctional Institute; Elayn Hunt Correctional Center; Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women; Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison; Winn Correctional Center (private) Other Facilities Occupied With DOC Nelson Coleman Correction Center; Plaquemines Parish Detention Center; Former ...
Basile Detention Center The detention center is located in Basile, Louisiana. The facility is owned and operated by the GEO Group of Boca Raton, Florida. The facility was designed and built by LCS Corrections Services, Inc. and was purchased from them by GEO in 2015. This company operates detention facilities throughout the world. [1]
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Basile Detention Center: In use (2007) Basile, Louisiana: Prison Secure DHS/ ICE 63 (2007) Bay Point Schools: In use (2008) Miami, Florida: Other - boarding school Bay Point Schools Minors only Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex (Beaumont Federal Prison) In use (2007) Beaumont, Texas: Prison Secure DHS/ ICE: Federal Bureau of Prisons 1
ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison.
Louisiana State Penitentiary is the largest correctional facility in the United States by population. [120] In 2010, the prison had 5,100 inmates and 1,700 employees. [ 121 ] In 2010, the racial composition of the inmates was 76% black and 24% white. 71% of inmates were serving a life sentence. 1.6% had been sentenced to death. [ 122 ]
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