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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 10:44:53 EST

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HISTORY OF ANGOLA
Prior to 1835, inmates were housed in a vermin infested jail in New Orleans.
In that year the first Louisiana State Penitentiary was built at the corner of
6th and Laurel Streets in Baton Rouge using a plan similar to a prison in
Wethersfield, Connecticut. In 1844, the penitentiary, including the inmates, was
leased to the private firm of McHatton Pratt and Company. Union Troops
occupied the penitentiary during the Civil War and in 1869, the lease was awarded to
a Confederate Major by the name of Samuel James. Major James would be in
charge of Louisiana Corrections for the next 31 years.

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