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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.
The Louisiana State Penitentiary has an unorthodox event called the Angola Prison Rodeo, where inmates have a chance to play cowboys for a day. Tickets are sold to the public for $20. The...
For more information about Louisiana State Penitentiary visit the Angola Museum website or the Angola Rodeo website. The mission of Louisiana State Penitentiary is to provide for the custody, control, care, and treatment of adjudicated people in prison through enforcement of the laws, and management of programs.
Louisiana's prisons today hold thousands of people with life sentences and no possibility of parole. 73% of all inmates serving life sentences at Angola are Black. Many are older than 50.
1901 Angola State Farms and The Board of Control. The State of Louisiana purchased the prison camp from the James family in 1900 and resumed control of its prisoners in 1901 after fifty-six years of convict leasing and conditions for inmates begin to improve.
Teens in a Louisiana juvenile facility are being sent to Angola prison. Experts say it’s not only cruel, it could violate the law. Teens will be held in their own building on the massive prison...
They are serving life sentences at Angola prison, in rural Louisiana, with little to no hope for release. Many are elderly; they have not seen the outside world, or their families, for decades.
The Louisiana State Penitentiary nicknamed the “Alcatraz of the South” is the largest maximum security prison in the country. Six thousand, three hundred men, 80 per cent of whom are black are held there.
In this insightful documentary, we explore the origins, evolution, and lasting legacy of Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola. Nestled within the deep bayous of Louisiana,...
After news reports of brutality against inmates, the state of Louisiana took control of Angola in 1901. Throughout the ensuing decades, Angola State Prison faced numerous problems thanks to its geography and administration.