a. the value of a function at a certain point in its domain, which is less than or equal to the values at all other points in the immediate vicinity of the point. b. the point at which a minimum occurs. adj. 4. of or being a minimum. [1655â65; < Latin, neuter of minimus smallest, least.
The Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP, also known as Angola, and nicknamed the  Alcatraz of the South  and  The Farm ) is a maximum security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections.
Open from 1864 to 1865, Camp Sumter Military Prison located at Andersonville was the deadliest single location for a U.S. soldier during the Civil War. View the brochure. Georgia was home to 16 Confederate prisons during the Civil War, including notorious Camp Sumter in Andersonville. They ranged from well-constructed fortifications, such as county jails, to makeshift installations, such as wooded areas patrolled by armed guards.