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has glosseng: The Louisiana State Penitentiary (also known as Angola and "The Farm") is a prison in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Corrections. The prison is the largest maximum security prison in the United States with 5,000 inmates and 1,800 staff members. It is located on an 18,000 acre (73 km²) property that was previously the Angola and other plantations owned by Isaac Franklin in unincorporated West Feliciana Parish, close to the Mississippi border. The prison is located at the terminus of Louisiana Highway 66, and the prison is about northwest of St. Francisville. Angola is surrounded on three sides by the Mississippi River.
lexicalizationeng: Louisiana State Penitentiary
instance ofe/Incarceration in the United States
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German
has glossdeu: Angola (engl. Louisiana State Penitentiary, auch bekannt als „The Farm“) ist das Staatsgefängnis des US-Bundesstaates Louisiana und wird mit über 5.000 Insassen und über 1.000 Angestellten als eines der größten Gefängnisse des Landes gesehen. Das Gefängnis liegt auf einem 73 km² großem Gelände im West Feliciana Parish nahe der Grenze zu Mississippi und ist an drei Seiten vom Mississippi River umgeben.
lexicalizationdeu: Angola
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has glossfao: Louisiana State Penitentiary ella Angola, sum fongslið verður rópt orsakað av fortíðini sum trælaplantasja, liggur vakurt fyri við Mississippiánna í Louisiana, men náttúruna hugsa fangarnir ikki so nógv um. Fongslið er við sínum 5.000 fangum størsta hátrygdarfonslið í Sambandsríki Amerika. 80 prosent av fangunum eru svartir á liti, og tveir triðingar hava fingið ívlangað fongsulsrevsing. Í sekstiárunum var Angola tað harðrendasta fongslið í USA, men eitt miðvíst arbeiði í áratíggjur hevur í dag gjørt Angola til fyrimynd fyri onnur fongsul. Stjórin í fongslinum, Burl Cain, hevur givið sítt lív til Jesus, stovnað ein prestaskúla fyri fangar og hevur higartil fingið 2.000 brøður í andanum millum fangarnar. Angola hevur útvarpsstøð og virðislønta fangablaðið "Angolite", sum er púrasta óheft. Burl Cain heldur, at hansara friðaliga fongsul er eitt undur og lýsir seg sjálvan sum ein "hjartagóðan einaræðisharra einastaðni millum Jesus og hunnaran Attila".
lexicalizationfao: Louisiana State Penitentiary
Dutch
has glossnld: Angola of Louisiana State Penitentiary is de grootste gevangenis in de Verenigde Staten. De gevangenis, 59 miles ten noordwesten van Baton Rouge in de staat Louisiana, heeft ongeveer 5000 gevangenen (tachtig procent van hen is Afro-Amerikaans) en zo'n 1800 personeelsleden. De gevangenis is omgeven door landbouwgrond met een grondoppervlakte van 73km², aangrenzend aan de grens met Mississippi. De gevangenis wordt langs drie kanten omringd door de Mississippi (rivier), waardoor de kans op overstroming nooit ver weg is. Het land waarop de gevangenis gevestigd is, werd ooit bewerkt door slaven. Nu doen de gevangenen er verplicht soortgelijk werk, voor vier dollarcent per uur.
lexicalizationnld: Angola Gevangenis
lexicalizationnld: Angola
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geo locgeographic location 30.955107 -91.594927
media:imgLouisiana DOC - Angola.jpg
media:imgMap of Louisiana highlighting West Feliciana Parish.svg

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