Louisiana State Penitentiary

United States

Louisiana State Penitentiary has 26 documented cultural connections to places around the world. Below are 12 of the most distinctive.

John Lomax

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Mississippi State Penitentiary | Sumterville, Alabama

solitary confinement

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Beit Fajjar, State of Palestine

Indigo Girls

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Athens, Georgia | Champaign–Urbana

execution chamber

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Jarratt, Virginia | Tamms, Illinois

Dr. John

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Syracuse, New York | Fall River, Massachusetts | Carrboro, North Carolina

Billy Graham

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Charlotte, North Carolina | Wheaton, Illinois | Ocean Grove, New Jersey | Temple Terrace, Florida | Montreat, North Carolina

Walker Percy

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Evansville, Indiana | Santa Fe, New Mexico | Cicero, Illinois | Gentilly, New Orleans | Covington, Louisiana

Animal Planet

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Denver, Colorado | Lebanon, Kentucky | Bombay Beach, California | Livingston, Texas | Rockford, Alabama

Lead Belly

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Texas | Shreveport, Louisiana | Sugar Land, Texas | Greenwich Village | Deep Ellum, Dallas

Alan Lomax

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Mississippi State Penitentiary | Clack, Mississippi | Stovall, Mississippi | Fyffe, Alabama | Kings Contrivance, Columbia, Maryland

ACLU

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Petersburg, Virginia | Parma, Ohio | Miami Shores, Florida | Bloomfield, New Mexico | Tierra Amarilla Land Grant, United States

electric chair

Connects Louisiana State Penitentiary to: Kentucky | Florida | South Carolina | Auburn, New York | Hillsville, Virginia

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