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Winn Parish, Louisiana Winn Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,313. Its seat is Winnfield. The parish was founded in 1852. It is last in alphabetical order of Louisiana's sixty-four parishe ...

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. As of February 2014, Winn is one of several privately operated prisons in the state. The facility is medium-security and currently has the capacity to house 1,538 inmates. Opened in 1990, it was expanded in 1992. Winn opened as the first privately managed medium-security prison in the United States. Management of the state-owned facility passed from

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to LaSalle Corrections in mid-2015.

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Demographics

75% of the inmates are black, and 25% of the prisoners are white or of other ethnic groups. Like in other Louisiana prisons, prison gangs are not common and inmates of various races socialize with one another. About 20% of the prisoners at Winn had committed crimes related to recreational drugs. women, including some single mothers, make up more than 50% of the prison guards. African-Americans make up the majority of the prison guards.

Composition

The prison has five units: Ash, Birch, Cypress, Dogwood, and Elm. More difficult to manage prisoners are located in the Ash and Elm units, nicknamed by prisoners as "the projects". Dogwood houses trustees and better behaved prisoners, Cypress serves as the segregation unit, and Birch houses mentally ill, elderly, and physically handicapped prisoners.

Notable employees

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References

External links

Letters from CCA and the Government of Louisiana related to the status of the prison
Prisons in Louisiana Buildings and structures in Winn Parish, Louisiana Private prisons in the United States Parish jails in Louisiana CoreCivic Men's prisons 1990 establishments in Louisiana {{US-prison-stub