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I was trying to see how do you go about visiting a prisoner. My son's father is in Angola's prison and he wanted to see him and we do not live in LA and I was trying to see what I had to do or who I needed to contact to get him to visit his dad and if anyone know please contact me. Thanks.

Resonce to a son visiting his dad at Angola

I would contact Angola. directly and they should be able to help you. They do have a website with infomation to contact them. You could also contact your son's father and he should be able to check into it.

I was actually there, in November 2006 with a group from our church, and write to several of the men there. I really hope that your son is able to visit his father. it is so very important to both of them. So many men have changed their lives for the better, there.

Good luck. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.173.153.36 (talk) 21:40, 6 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Anyone wishing to initiate writing an inmate should probably go through the Chaplain's office. If you call and give your name and address the Chaplain can forward it to a prisoner. If you know the name of a prisoner you can call and request the inmate number and proper mailing address. If you wish to visit, and especially if there are certain circumstances, the Chaplain's office should be able to assist. There are strict rules.
A person must be on the approved visitors list and the prisoner must add you. Jim Rentz was the Supervisor of the Chaplains Department

I hope this provides answers. I am certainly not trying to be rude but this is not a chat forum. Otr500 (talk) 04:16, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

writing to a prisoner

My daughter has never seen her father and would like to write to him in the prison. How do I obtain an address for this? I have tried to post this on different web pages and no one can answer me. Can you please help me.Stillinlove (talk) 19:02, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The information is on this webpage. http://www.doc.louisiana.gov/view.php?cat=7&id=4567.88.206.99 (talk) 04:47, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Garbled phrase

In the first paragraph of the article appears these words:

"...were joined during their sale by franklins isonhower, Adelicia Cheatham, to ..."

This doesn't make sense. Can someone shed light on what words ought to be here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.234.147.4 (talk) 18:04, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Another source

WhisperToMe (talk) 06:27, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Annual reports:

WhisperToMe (talk) 23:58, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Slavery

Well it's good to know slavery is going strong in the US. I mean really, even when POV pushing this disugsting slave farm in comforting langauge about how nice the place is it still shows. Even "we make them work all day, so they too tired to rebel at night" is ringing true. Clean this up and re-add the criticism. 124.148.249.46 (talk) 23:36, 18 August 2010 (UTC) Sutter Cane[reply]

  • Firstly it's not POV to state what other people say as long as Wikipedia itself does not insinuate that the viewpoint is true. Burl Cain did say that in those exact words. Note the quotation marks.
  • Secondly criticism needs to be sourced, as does praise. With the Cain quote, I sourced it so people know it is true.
  • With criticism find a source proving that the criticism was actually made, and that it was made by a significant authority (a journalist, an author, etc)
  • The U.S. constitution allows for a person convicted of a crime to be forced to work by the correctional authority holding him or her.
  • WhisperToMe (talk) 07:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Angolite in 1995

I found an Angolite issue from 1995: http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com/Political_Prisoners/pdf/The_Angolite_1995.pdf WhisperToMe (talk) 01:13, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Spanish names

See: "Penitenciaría Estatal de Luisiana"

WhisperToMe (talk) 00:36, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Billy Sinclair stuff

WhisperToMe (talk) 04:07, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stuff to archive

http://doc.la.gov/ http://prisonviewgolf.com/images/Course.jpg - Map of the golf course WhisperToMe (talk) 01:39, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Other sources

Formal address

From: "Institutions." LDPS&C: "17544 Tunica Trace Angola, LA 70712" WhisperToMe (talk) 23:54, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Documents

WhisperToMe (talk) 23:12, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Annual reports

WhisperToMe (talk) 07:44, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Angola, Louisiana (unincorporated community)

Should there be a separate article about Angola, Louisiana? You can see that there's a separate community on Google Maps by searching "Angola, West Feliciana Parish, LA". GNIS|name=Angola, Louisiana lists Angola as its own populated place.[1] This community took the name of Angola Plantation, and its post office handled the Louisiana State Penitentiary's mail, which led to the prison's nickname of Angola.[2]

Ref
  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: 553304
  2. ^ Leeper, Clare D'Artois (19 October 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.

Wrong

It is sometimes called "Angola" after the name of the post office that serves the prison


This is incorrect. If you watch the documentary 'The Farm: Life inside Angola Prison' (1998), the head warden will tell you why it's called Angola. It used to be a slave plantation and the slaves came from Angola.

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