The Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier, LA is sure to be an exciting experience for children, cowboys and cowgirls alike. To guarantee the safety of all participants, the organizers have taken a number of precautions such as providing helmets, mouthguards and vests. Despite these measures, injuries are still common due to the lack of training inmates receive before taking part. The Angola prison rodeo, held at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, is the oldest prison rodeo in the United States. In addition to the rodeo, there is also an arts and crafts festival, farm animals and rodeo clowns.
Louisiana has a total of seven types of prisons, jails and facilities, including county jails, and 291 prisons, jails or centers in total. The following is a comprehensive list of the directory with the numbers next to each type of prison, jail or facility in the state.