Dixon Correctional Institute (DCI) is a

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. DCI, a facility of the

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. Retrieved on August 29, 2010. Dixon is located about from the

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" '' The Advocate''. February 7, 1997. Retrieved on February 3, 2011. "Warden Burl Cain of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola continues to live in the same house on the grounds of Dixon Correctional Institute where he lived while in his previous job as DCI warden. Angola and DCI are about 34 miles apart." The housing of the warden of Dixon is in a pastoral setting by a lake.

History

Dixon, which opened in 1976, was the first medium security prison in Louisiana. 7.5% of Dixon's beds are classified as "maximum security."

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served as the warden of DCI until he was named in the same position at Angola. By 1997 Cain continued to live at DCI even though he was by that time the warden of Angola. Therefore LeBlanc lived in his own house, away, and received $4,810 annually by the state as compensation. LeBlanc later became the Secretary of Corrections of Louisiana. Its current warden is Edward D. Bickham. Another former Dixon warden is

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, who was the secretary of the

from 1992 to 2008. Around 2003 the prison held boxing matches for prisoners.

Notable inmates

* Torrence Hatch (

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