Talk:Louisiana State Penitentiary

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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).
 * 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)

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)
 * 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)

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)
 * The sentence seems to be long gone. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:21, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Another source
WhisperToMe (talk) 06:27, 17 July 2010 (UTC) Annual reports: WhisperToMe (talk) 23:58, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * "Tossing Away the Keys." from Sound Portraits.
 * "Inside Man: An Interview with Wilbert Rideau." Mother Jones. May/June 2010
 * In the Place of Justice by Wilbert Rideau
 * Johnson, Allen Jr. "Shared Fate." Gambit Weekly. March 20, 2001. WhisperToMe (talk) 07:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * "Angola escapee captured with help of 8-year-old boy, warden says." Associated Press at New Orleans Times-Picayune. Monday September 14, 2009. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:24, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Winston Bros. & Co. vs. Louisiana Cent. Const. Co.. Southern Reporter, Volume 53. West Pub. Co., 1911. 373.
 * Jet. May 29, 1952. Vol. 2, No. 5. ISSN 0021-5996. Johnson Publishing Company 21. - Talks about "St. Gabriel's Prison Farm" in Angola
 * Ford, James A. "Analysis of Indian Village Site Collections from Louisiana and Mississippi." 234. From: O'Brien, Michael John, James Alfred Ford, and R. Lee Lyman. Measuring the Flow of Time: The Works of James A. Ford, 1935-1941. University of Alabama Press, 1999. 234. ISBN 0817309918, 9780817309916.
 * The part that discusses the Native American remains found in Angola is not in the book preview
 * WhisperToMe (talk) 06:17, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Calvert, Clay. "BYLINES BEHIND BARS: FAME, FRUSTRATION & FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM." Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review.
 * Sullivan, Laura. "Favors, Inconsistencies Taint Angola Murder Case." NPR. October 28, 2008.
 * http://media.npr.org/multimedia/2008/10/paul_taggart_1/soundslider.swf
 * http://media.npr.org/multimedia/2008/10/paul_taggart_1/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml
 * "Inside Angola Prison." NPR.
 * 2009: http://www.corrections.state.la.us/LSP/docs/2009_Annual_Report.pdf
 * 2010: http://www.corrections.state.la.us/LSP/docs/2010_Annual_Report.pdf

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
 * 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)

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)

Spanish names
See: "Penitenciaría Estatal de Luisiana" WhisperToMe (talk) 00:36, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * "EEUU ejecuta con inyección letal a tres condenados por asesinato." El Mundo. Thursday January 7, 2010.

Billy Sinclair stuff
WhisperToMe (talk) 04:07, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * "Pardon-for-sale inmate informant says decision costly." The Advocate. January 21, 1990.
 * Greenlee, Steve. "`A LIFE IN THE BALANCE' CRIES FREEDOM." The Boston Globe. April 11, 2001. C7 Living.
 * http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.billysinclair.com/

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)

Other sources

 * Minton, James. "Murderer caught trying to escape from Angola." The Advocate. January 26, 2010. 1B - Website page 2. Single page view. WhisperToMe (talk) 05:16, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Heitzeg, Nancy A. "Visiting a Modern-Day Slave Plantation." Truthout. Monday February 22, 2010. Retrieved on January 24, 2011. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:12, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Shere, Dennis. "Warden saw only one answer for troubled La. prison: Christ." Baptist Press. January 3, 2008. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:34, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

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

Documents
WhisperToMe (talk) 23:12, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * http://www.doa.la.gov/orm/excel/fec18_buildings_1m.xls - http://www.webcitation.org/67KxKet8J
 * Mentions which dorms correspond to which outcamps
 * http://doa.louisiana.gov/orm/pdf/uwbldg1m.pdf
 * http://doa.louisiana.gov/orm/excel/Building_Replacement_Values_$1000000+.xlsx
 * http://doa.louisiana.gov/orm/excel/uwbldg1m.xls - http://www.webcitation.org/67KxGHR5V
 * Mentions specific dorms

Annual reports
WhisperToMe (talk) 07:44, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 2006: http://www.corrections.state.la.us/lsp/docs/ANNUALRPT2006.pdf - http://www.webcitation.org/6FKPjNfQK
 * 2007: http://www.corrections.state.la.us/lsp/docs/ANNUAL%20REPORT%202007.pdf - http://www.webcitation.org/6FKPxIPbQ
 * 2008: http://www.corrections.state.la.us/lsp/docs/Annual%20Report%202008.pdf - http://www.webcitation.org/6FKPup3Ko

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. 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.


 * Ref


 * There would have to be significant content about the "Angola Plantation" that had nothing to do with the prison. Currently "Angola" is the prison. They are one and of the same WhisperToMe (talk) 09:08, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.143.139 (talk) 19:19, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

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Air conditioning in LSP
I worked in a Louisiana State Prison for 10 years and had to do my training at Angola. They talk about air conditioning in the main wiki page multiple times and i think it should be corrected. When you hear the word air conditioning most people think of central air or at the very least a window unit that cools the air. But in Louisiana State Prisons all they have (as of 2008 when i left) is large fans. I just think that it should be made clear that it is not proper air conditioning as most people would define it. My understanding of it was during the 70s or 80s the inmates were given a choice of either having central air conditioning or cable tvs and they chose the cable tvs. During the summer the fans are just a drop in the bucket and saying that they have air conditioning is very misleading.

````Nathex — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nathex39 (talk • contribs) 19:43, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Adding Section on Inmate Mental Health
As a student in a Wikipedia Education course, I am considering adding a section regarding inmate mental health under the inmate life stud. I would like to discuss programs implemented in the prison, as well as disorders commonly seen/treated. I am also interested in discussing long-term mental health impacts of people who were imprisoned in LSP. Please read more about this project on my user page, Potential Project Topics! Madison Roy (talk) 23:37, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities, Section 1
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Proposed Edits in Sandbox
Hi, everyone. I am excited to be working on this article. I plan to add a section on inmate mental health, as well as further contextualize some existing sections with information ranging from the regional climate to cultural significance. To see more details, please view my sandbox. Any feedback is much appreciated! Madison Roy (talk) 00:50, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

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Hi, everyone. Please see my sandbox for some edits that I plan to make. Again, any feedback and recommendations is very much appreciated! Madison Roy (talk) 02:01, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

··Hi Madison! I really enjoyed reading your article and learned a lot about the Louisiana State Penitentiary. I thought you did a really good job identifying gaps in the existing article and including the subsequent relevant information. For example, Covid and mental health are both prominent topics that relate to the prison system. Additionally, your discussion of the relationship between mental health and faith was really interesting and impressive—it also demonstrated that you did significant research on the topic. Also, your contribution was well-written and digestible and fit in well with the pre-existing information. In terms of improvement, my biggest suggestion would be to be careful about citations and sourcing. Any claim that you make in your contribution should be cited and backed by peer-reviewed research. As you move forward, I would also be cognizant of maintaining a neutral point of view, especially with respect to how you present your research.Sam7688 (talk) 03:54, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * You wrote that this editor did "a really good job...including the subsequent relevant information". Have you looked at the edit history of the article? I have made huge deletions of edits, per WP:SYN, because they had little relevance to this article. Other edits were not supported by the sources cited. I'm still working on the more recent edits. Magnolia677 (talk) 07:52, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 08:50, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * With this edit you wrote, "orderlies are permitted by the penitentiary leadership to extort the inmates". To support your edit, you cited this source. I am only able to view the first page of this source, so could you please include here the entire sentence that states this? I found this detailed summary of the case, but it does not mention this extraordinary claim of approved extortion.
 * With this edit, you wrote "Louisiana routinely reaches weather over 90 degrees Fahrenheit for many months of the year. Angola's lack of sustained air conditioning is a public health concern," and "lack of air-conditioning in extreme heat, which is a situation common in Angola, is linked to mortality in similar scenarios." To support your edit, you added these sources: and .  Do either of these sources specifically mention "Louisiana State Penitentiary"?