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Red Hat Cell Block

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    Photo by Donna Fricker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1935

Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1935

Region

Louisiana

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Mailing

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Known issues

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World Prisons. (2026). Red Hat Cell Block. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/red-hat-cell-block
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@misc{worldprisons-red-hat-cell-block,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Red Hat Cell Block},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/red-hat-cell-block},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}