The Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP, also known as Angola, and nicknamed the « Alcatraz of the South » and « The Farm ») is a maximum security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is sometimes called « Angola » after the name of the post office that serves the prison.
It is the largest maximum security prison in the United States with 6,300 inmates and 1,800 staff. It is located on an 18,000-acre (7,300†ha) property that was previously the Angola and other plantations owned by Isaac Franklin in unincorporated West Feliciana Parish, directly adjacent to the Mississippi state line. The prison is located at the end of Louisiana Highway 66, around 22 miles (35†km) northwest of St. Francisville. Angola is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River. Since 1995, Burl Cain has been the warden. Death row for men and the state execution chamber for both sexes are located at the Angola facility.
Un ressortissant sénégalais recherché par la justice de son pays a été arrêté vendredi dernier à Agadir, au Maroc. Il s’agit de M. Loum, 41 ans, qui faisait l’objet d’une notice rouge émise par le Bureau central national (BCN) d’Interpol de Dakar.
L’homme est activement recherché pour son implication présumée dans une affaire d’homicide volontaire, ainsi que pour des faits de recel liés à ce dossier criminel. C’est dans ce cadre que les autorités sénégalaises avaient sollicité l’appui du réseau d’Interpol afin de localiser et interpeller le suspect.
