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Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) located in St. Gabriel, Louisiana,^[1][2] is a multi-security- level Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections institution for adult men.

It is the second-largest prison in Louisiana and is located about 70 miles northwest of New Orleans. Elayn Hunt has about half the number of prisoners held at the larger Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola.^[3]

Since 2010, male inmates from all parishes enter the DOC system through the Hunt Reception and Diagnostic Center (HRDC) at Hunt.^[4][5]

History

EHCC was opened in 1979.^[6]

In January 2002, a prison cemetery opened at Hunt.

Some state prisoners unclaimed by families are buried here. Before that month all unclaimed state prisoners were buried at Point Lookout Cemetery in the Louisiana State Penitentiary.^[7]

Prior to 2010,^[8] Hunt served as the reception center onl