ANGOLA PRISON, LOUISIANA - OCTOBER 14, 2013:
A prisoner's hands inside a punishment cell wing at Angola prison.
The Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South" and "The Farm" is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is named Angola after the former plantation that occupied this territory, which was named for the African country that was the origin of many enslaved Africans brought to Louisiana in slavery times.
This 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. It is located on an 18,000-acre (7,300 ha) property that was previously known as the Angola Plantations and bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River.
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An attempt by a lady to smuggle drugs into Keneshie police cells for use by inmates has been uncovered by officers duty.
The items were being smuggled to Keneshie police cells
According to a report by Daily Mail GH, the incident was reported at about 17:50pm on Wednesday, May 24, 2022, when the lady, identified as Blessings Jeremiah, came to the charge office with Eba and Okro soup to be served on a remand prisoner in the cells.
A substance suspected to be Indian Hemp, 4 sticks of matches, 9 capsules of suspected tramadol, and 4 pieces of cigarettes were concealed in the meal, a police report sighted by dailymailgh.com revealed.
The suspect was later arrested and detained to assist police investigations.
The exhibits according to the police, have been ‘retained for evidential purposes’.
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