Location St. Gabriel, Louisiana Warden Timothy Hooper Country US Phone +1 225-642-3306 Capacity 1,875 | Status Operational Street address 6925 Highway 74 Area 4 km² Zip code 70776 Opened 1979 | |
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Managed by Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Address 6925 LA-74, St Gabriel, LA 70776, USA District Special School District # 1 Similar Louisiana Correctio Institute f, Louisiana State Police He, Livingston Parish Detention, EBRSO ‑ Kleinpeter Substation, Ascension Parish Sheriff Pa | ||
Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) is located in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, is a multi-security- level Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections institution for adult men. It is the second largest prison in Louisiana. Elayn Hunt Correctional Center was featured on an episode of MSNBC's Lockup series. Hunt is immediately west of the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women. Elayn Hunt has about half of the prisoners that the Louisiana State Penitentiary has. Male inmates from all parishes enter the DOC system through the Hunt Reception and Diagnostic Center (HRDC) at Hunt.
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History
EHCC opened in 1979.
In January 2002, a prison cemetery opened at Hunt, taking some state prisoners unclaimed by families. Before that month all unclaimed state prisoners were buried at Point Lookout Cemetery in the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Prior to 2010, Hunt served as the reception center only for male prisoners from southern parishes, while Forcht-Wade Correctional Center had the reception center for male prisoners from northern parishes. In 2009 the state announced that Forcht-Wade would be redesignated as a substance abuse center, and Hunt would handle reception of males for all areas of the state. Hunt also expanded its nursing unit to accommodate prisoners from Forcht-Wade's nursing unit.