Location: West Feliciana Parish, La. The jail is surrounded by the Mississippi River on three sides.
Ambiance: A former plantation, this maximum-security prison is known as "the farm," and there's still a working farm on the premises.
Famous Guests: Folk and blues musician Lead Belly stayed there in 1930. Andrew Lee Jones, the last inmate to die in Louisiana's electric chair, was executed there in 1991.
Activities: Angola is home to the country's only inmate-operated radio station, and there's also an inmate-published magazine. There are a variety of educational, vocational and recreational programs on site. Plus every October, the prison hosts its own rodeo!
Staff: Roughly 1,700 employees tend to the inmate population of 5,100.
