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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
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 lists of U.S. state prisons (2010) (not including federal prisons or county jails in the United States or prisons in U.S. territories): US State Prisons Per State Alabama
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.
The Department of Public Safety and Corrections ( DPS&C) (French: Département de la sécurité publique et des services correctionnels de Louisiane) is a state law enforcement agency responsible for the incarceration of inmates and management of facilities at state prisons within the state of Louisiana.
Opened. 1961. Managed by. Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women ( LCIW) is a prison for women with its permanent pre-2016 facility located in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, United States. It is the only female correctional facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
United States. Raymond Laborde Correctional Center ( RLCC ), formerly Avoyelles Correctional Center ( ACC ), is a state prison of Louisiana, operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is located in unincorporated Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, [1] near Cottonport and about 30 miles (48 km) south of Alexandria.
A total of 28 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976. Of the 28 people executed, 20 were executed via electrocution and 8 via lethal injection. The most recent Louisiana inmate to be put to death, Gerald Bordelon, waived his appeals and asked the state to carry out his sentence.