Angola Prison
The state penitentiary in Angola Louisiana is the largest and on of the oldest maximum security prison in the United States. A little over 5000 men live within its walls and three quarters of them are black. Eighty five percent of the inmates at Angola will die inside the prison due to being executed or serving a full life sentence. The prison is 18,000 acres and has its own farm which prisoners work on.
Angola's name is derived from a country in Africa named Angola. The prison was once a plantation where many slaves were put to work. The slaves were brought over from Angola and brought the name with them. During the civil war era the plantation was transformed into a prison and has been that way ever since. The fields in which the slaves once worked are now occupied by prisoners.
The inmates at Angola operate a radio station, KLSP, "The Incarceration Station". The station is broadcast at low power on 91.7fm and can be heard in the vicinity of the prison.......
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