page_title: St. Gabriel, Louisiana
section_title: Government and infrastructure
hierarchical_section_title: St. Gabriel, Louisiana / Government and infrastructure
caption_attribution_description: English: One of two identical water towers in the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center campus Français&#160;: L'un des deux châteaux d'eau identiques de l'Elayn Hunt Correctional Center
context_page_description: St. Gabriel is a city in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 6,677 at the 2010 census. The city of St. Gabriel includes the areas of Sunshine and Carville. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
  St. Gabriel was incorporated as a town in 1994 and received city designation in 2001. It is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, approximately 12 miles south of Baton Rouge. Bayou Manchac serves as the official boundary between St. Gabriel, Ascension Parish, and East Baton Rouge Parish. Over the years, the area has been transformed from a primarily agricultural economy to one that is now dominated by the petrochemical industry.
context_section_description: The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections operates two prisons, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center and Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW), in St. Gabriel. LCIW houses the female death row.
caption: Elayn Hunt Correctional Center.
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