Angola prison
Famous Southern lockup
Angola prison is the Louisiana State Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
Named for the Angola plantation that once occupied the site—itself named for the African country from which enslaved people were brought—it's the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.
The facility is known for housing death row inmates and for its history of harsh conditions: He's doing life at Angola.
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- state penitentiaryGovernment-run facility for serious offenders
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
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Low-risk inmate housing
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