Louisiana State Penitentiary
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The Louisiana State Penitentiary is a maximum-security correctional facility in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. It is the largest maximum-security corr
The entrance sign to Louisiana State Penitentiary
Picking cotton at Angola, c. 1900
Riverboat America with convicts and supplies on the Mississippi River, circa late 1800s
Samuel Lawrence James
C-Murder
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Corey Miller, better known by his stage name C-Murder, is an American rapper. He initially gained fame in the mid-1990s as a part of his brother Master P's label No Limit Records, primarily as a membe
Louisiana State Penitentiary
…Antoine Massey, Orleans Parish Prison escapee C-Murder, rapper David Mathis, Barry Edge and Robert Carley, three members of the Angola 5 who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of David Knapps…
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The Louisiana State Penitentiary in November 2009