Louisiana State Penitentiary

==Demographics==
Louisiana State Penitentiary is the largest correctional facility in the United States by population.<ref name="PasteRadio1">Rice, Jenny Lee. "Prison Radio." ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''. Issue 4. [http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/149/feature/culture/prison_radio/ 1]. Retrieved on September 26, 2010.</ref> In 2010 the prison had 5,100 inmates and 1,700 employees.<ref>"[http://investigation.discovery.com/investigation/notorious-prisons/angola/angola.html 10. Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola]." [[Discovery Channel]]. Retrieved on August 29, 2010.</ref> In 2010, the racial composition of the inmates was 76% black, 24% white. 71% of inmates were serving a life sentence. 1.6% had been sentenced to death.<ref>Louisiana State Penitentiary Annual Report FY 2009/2010 pg. 45 <http://www.corrections.state.la.us/LSP/docs/2010_Annual_Report.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026021820/http://www.corrections.state.la.us/LSP/docs/2010_Annual_Report.pdf |date=October 26, 2010 }}></ref> As of 2016 many inmates come from the state of Mississippi.<ref>Plante, Stephanie Grob. "[http://www.racked.com/2016/6/28/12043836/angola-prison-rodeo-craft-fair Angola's Greatest Escape]." ''Racked''. June 28, 2016. Retrieved on July 11, 2016.</ref>

As of 2011 the prison has about 1,600 employees, making it one of the largest employers in the State of Louisiana.<ref name=Ridgeway1>Ridgeway, James. "God's Own Warden." ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]''. July/August 2011 Issue. p. [https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/burl-cain-angola-prison?page=1 1]. Retrieved on March 23, 2013.</ref> Over 600 "free people" live on prison property. These residents are Angola's emergency response personnel and their dependents.<ref name="Timeinprison34"/> In 1986 around 200 families of employees lived within Angola property. Hilton Butler, then Angola's Warden, estimated that 250 children lived on the Angola property.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4742693E4B525&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Christmas at Angola not necessarily sad song]." ''[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]''. December 21, 1986. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "About 200 families live inside the fences Butler guesses 250 children live at Angola"</ref>

Many prison employees are from families that have lived and worked at Angola for generations. Laura Sullivan of ''[[National Public Radio]]'' said "In a place so remote, it's hard to know what's [[nepotism]]. There's simply no one else to hire."<ref name="SullivanDoubts"/>