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| Amid budget cuts, Louisiana keeps prison costs down in ways other states don't |
| By nola.com- Julia O'Donoghue |
| Published: 09/28/2016 |
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When it comes to prisons, Louisiana is first in many ways. The state has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with about one in 75 Louisiana adults in prison or jail at any given moment. Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly called Angola, is the largest maximum security prison in the country. But Louisiana is also the first to convert its two private prisons into jails -- yanking educational and medical services from thousands of state inmates -- to deal with state budget cuts. Read More. |
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