Louisiana State Penitentiary
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Louisiana State Penitentiary is a maximum-security state prison in Angola, Louisiana, known as one of the largest and most notorious correctional facilities in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louisiana State Penitentiary canonical | 3 |
| Louisiana State Penitentiary at Baton Rouge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4117825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louisiana State Penitentiary Context triple: [Frank Morris, incarceratedAt, Louisiana State Penitentiary]
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Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Oklahoma State Penitentiary is a maximum-security state prison in Oklahoma that houses some of the state’s most serious offenders and includes Oklahoma’s death row and execution chamber.
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B.
Lincoln Prison
Lincoln Prison is a correctional facility located in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
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C.
Vincennes Prison
Vincennes Prison was a notorious French state prison and fortress near Paris, historically used to detain political prisoners and notable figures such as Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau.
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D.
Clinton Correctional Facility
Clinton Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Dannemora, New York, known for housing high-profile inmates and its long-standing role in the New York prison system.
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E.
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute is a federal maximum-security prison in Indiana that houses male inmates and contains the federal execution chamber for carrying out death sentences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louisiana State Penitentiary Target entity description: Louisiana State Penitentiary is a maximum-security state prison in Angola, Louisiana, known as one of the largest and most notorious correctional facilities in the United States.
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A.
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Oklahoma State Penitentiary is a maximum-security state prison in Oklahoma that houses some of the state’s most serious offenders and includes Oklahoma’s death row and execution chamber.
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B.
Lincoln Prison
Lincoln Prison is a correctional facility located in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.
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C.
Vincennes Prison
Vincennes Prison was a notorious French state prison and fortress near Paris, historically used to detain political prisoners and notable figures such as Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau.
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D.
Clinton Correctional Facility
Clinton Correctional Facility is a maximum-security state prison in Dannemora, New York, known for housing high-profile inmates and its long-standing role in the New York prison system.
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E.
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute is a federal maximum-security prison in Indiana that houses male inmates and contains the federal execution chamber for carrying out death sentences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
correctional facility
ⓘ
maximum-security prison ⓘ state prison ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Alcatraz of the South
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Angola ⓘ Angola Prison ⓘ The Farm ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governingBody |
Louisiana
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surface form:
State of Louisiana
|
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequent subject in discussions of prison reform
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symbol of mass incarceration in the United States ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
death row
ⓘ
execution chamber ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
extensive farmland
ⓘ
perimeter security fences and guard towers ⓘ remote rural location ⓘ |
| hasPopulationType | primarily long-term and life-sentenced offenders ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
Angola Prison Rodeo
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educational programs ⓘ religious and faith-based programs ⓘ vocational training programs ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
harsh working and living conditions historically
ⓘ
one of the most notorious prisons in the United States ⓘ |
| historicalConnection | former slave plantation system in the American South ⓘ |
| inmateGender | male ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Louisiana
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surface form:
State of Louisiana
|
| landUse | agricultural production by inmates ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Angola, Louisiana
ⓘ
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | former Angola Plantation ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Angola plantation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
harsh conditions and notoriety
ⓘ
large prison farm operations ⓘ size as one of the largest maximum-security prisons in the United States ⓘ |
| opened | 1901 ⓘ |
| operator | Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
housing life-sentenced prisoners
ⓘ
long-term incarceration ⓘ |
| replaced |
Louisiana State Penitentiary
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Louisiana State Penitentiary at Baton Rouge
|
| securityClassification | maximum ⓘ |
| state | Louisiana ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
books on prison life and criminal justice
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documentaries about mass incarceration ⓘ news reports on prison conditions ⓘ |
| typeOfInmates | felony offenders ⓘ |
| usedFor | confinement of Louisiana’s most serious offenders ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Louisiana State Penitentiary Description of subject: Louisiana State Penitentiary is a maximum-security state prison in Angola, Louisiana, known as one of the largest and most notorious correctional facilities in the United States.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Frank Lee Morris
this entity surface form:
Louisiana State Penitentiary at Baton Rouge