Louisiana State Penitentiary

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Louisiana State Penitentiary is a maximum-security state prison in Angola, Louisiana, known as one of the largest and most notorious correctional facilities in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf correctional facility ⓘ
maximum-security prison ⓘ
state prison ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alcatraz of the South ⓘ
Angola ⓘ
Angola Prison ⓘ
The Farm ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
governingBody State of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana
hasCulturalImpact frequent subject in discussions of prison reform ⓘ
symbol of mass incarceration in the United States ⓘ
hasFacilityType death row ⓘ
execution chamber ⓘ
hasFeature extensive farmland ⓘ
perimeter security fences and guard towers ⓘ
remote rural location ⓘ
hasPopulationType primarily long-term and life-sentenced offenders ⓘ
hasProgram Angola Prison Rodeo ⓘ
educational programs ⓘ
religious and faith-based programs ⓘ
vocational training programs ⓘ
hasReputation harsh working and living conditions historically ⓘ
one of the most notorious prisons in the United States ⓘ
historicalConnection former slave plantation system in the American South ⓘ
inmateGender male ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana
landUse agricultural production by inmates ⓘ
locatedIn Angola, Louisiana ⓘ
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana ⓘ
locatedOn former Angola Plantation ⓘ
namedAfter Angola plantation ⓘ
notableFor harsh conditions and notoriety ⓘ
large prison farm operations ⓘ
size as one of the largest maximum-security prisons in the United States ⓘ
opened 1901 ⓘ
operator Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ⓘ
primaryFunction housing life-sentenced prisoners ⓘ
long-term incarceration ⓘ
replaced Louisiana State Penitentiary at Baton Rouge ⓘ
securityClassification maximum ⓘ
state Louisiana ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
subjectOf books on prison life and criminal justice ⓘ
documentaries about mass incarceration ⓘ
news reports on prison conditions ⓘ
typeOfInmates felony offenders ⓘ
usedFor confinement of Louisiana’s most serious offenders ⓘ

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Frank Morris → incarceratedAt → Louisiana State Penitentiary ⓘ
C-Murder → placeOfDetention → Louisiana State Penitentiary ⓘ
Frank Lee Morris → incarceratedAt → Louisiana State Penitentiary ⓘ
subject linked to: realPerson Frank Lee Morris
Louisiana State Penitentiary → replaced → Louisiana State Penitentiary at Baton Rouge ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana State Penitentiary
Hank Grotowski → employer → Louisiana State Penitentiary (fictional depiction) ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana State Penitentiary