Īngola is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States with 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff, including corrections officers, janitors, maintenance, and wardens. The plantation was named for the African country that was the origin of many slaves brought to Louisiana.
It is named 'Angola' after the former plantation that occupied this territory. The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the ' Alcatraz of the South', ' The Angola Plantation' and ' The Farm' ) is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. USGS topographic map of Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1994
