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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. It is named "Angola" after the former slave plantation that occupied this territory.
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. Allen Correctional Center; Avoyelles Correctional Center - As of 2012, the state planned to privatize Avoyelles [1]
1,218 [1,067 at the USP, 151 in prison camp] (September 2023) Opened. 2000. Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. The United States Penitentiary, Pollock (USP Pollock) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Grant Parish, Louisiana. [ 1 ] It is part of the Pollock Federal Correctional Complex (FCC ...
David Wade Correctional Center. Winn Correctional Center. Categories: Prisons in the United States by state. Government of Louisiana. Government buildings in Louisiana. Penal system in Louisiana. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Galveston Island. Battles/wars. Battle of New Orleans. Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823) was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte". This has become the common spelling ...
December 17, 1981. Beauregard Parish Jail is a former jailhouse in DeRidder, Louisiana built in 1914 in the Gothic Revival architecture style. It is referred to as the Gothic jail or the Hanging jail. [2][3] The jail is owned by the Beauregard Parish Police Jury. The Beauregard Parish Rehabilitation Committee serves under the direction of the ...
Isleños are descendants of emigrants from the Canary Islands who arrived in Louisiana between 1778 and 1783. [2] [3] [5] The exact number of Canary Islanders that were settled in the territory is unknown but it estimated to be about 2,000 individuals. [3] Since settling in Louisiana, the communities have developed independently with two of the ...
Orleans Parish Prison is the city jail for New Orleans, Louisiana. First opened in 1837, it is operated by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office . Most of the prisoners—1,300 of the 1,500 or so as of June 2016—are awaiting trial.