United States Prison

The Louisiana State Penitentiary 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. The plantation was named after the country of Angola, from which many enslaved people originated before arriving i…
The Louisiana State Penitentiary 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. The plantation was named after the country of Angola, from which many enslaved people originated before arriving in Louisiana.
  • Country: United States
  • State: Louisiana
  • Parish: West Feliciana
  • ZIP codes: 70712
  • Area code: 225
  • GNIS feature ID: 553304 · Angola Landing: 542930
  • Time zone: UTC-6 (Central (CST))
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