Tag: Louisiana State Penitentiary (Baton Rouge LA)

Wikipedia says: The first Louisiana State Penitentiary, located at the intersection of 6th and Laurel streets in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was modeled on a prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut. It was built to house 100 convicts in cells of 6 ft × 3.

During the American Civil War, Union soldiers occupied the prison in Baton Rouge.