Louisiana State Penitentiary

====Main Prison Complex====
The Main Prison Complex consists of the East Yard and the West Yard. The East Yard has 16 minimum and medium custody prisoner dormitories and one maximum custody extended lockdown cellblock; the cellblock houses long-term extended-lockdown prisoners, in-transit administrative segregation prisoners, inmates who need mental health attention, and protective-custody inmates.<ref name="Photoalbum">"[http://www.corrections.state.la.us/lsp/photos.php Photo Album] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023113314/http://www.corrections.state.la.us/LSP/photos.php |date=2010-10-23 }}." ([http://www.doc.louisiana.gov/LSP/photos.php Alternate link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015055656/http://doc.louisiana.gov/LSP/photos.php |date=October 15, 2010 }}) Louisiana State Penitentiary. Retrieved on July 20, 2010.</ref>

The West Yard has 16 minimum and medium custody prisoner dormitories, two administrative segregation cellblocks, and the prison treatment center. The treatment center houses geriatric, hospice, and ill in-transit prisoners.<ref name="Photoalbum"/> As of 1999 the main prison complex houses half of Angola's prisoners.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bergner-rodeo.html Chapter One God of the Rodeo]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved on October 28, 2010.</ref><!--Book was published in 1999-->

Dormitories within the main prison include the Ash, Cypress, Hickory, Magnolia, Oak, Pine, Spruce, and Walnut dormitories. The cell blocks are A, B, C, and D. The main prison also houses the local Main Prison administration building, a gymnasium, a kitchen/dining facility, the Angola Vocational School, and the Judge [[Henry A. Politz]] Educational building.<ref name="Buildinglist">"[http://www.doa.la.gov/orm/excel/fec18_buildings_1m.xls Buildings with Replacement Cost Values Greater Than $1,000,000 as of 2/14/2005]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120402102637/http://www.doa.la.gov/orm/excel/fec18_buildings_1m.xls Archive]) State of Louisiana. Retrieved on May 1, 2012.</ref>