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Burl Cain

Nathan Burl Cain, I
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Born Nathan Burl Cain
(1942-07-02) July 2, 1942 (age 74)
Alma mater Louisiana State University, Alexandria
Grambling State University
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Jonalyn Miceli Cain
Children

Nathan Burl Cain, II
Marshall Arbuthnot Cain

Amanda Cain Smith

Nathan Burl Cain, II
Marshall Arbuthnot Cain

Nathan Burl Cain, I (born July 2, 1942), is a former warden at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, at which he served for twenty-one years, from January 1995 until his resignation in 2016.

Cain was reared in Pitkin in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana. He is the brother of James David Cain, a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the Louisiana State Senate, and Alton Cain. Warden Cain holds a degree from Louisiana State University and a master’s degree in criminal justice from Grambling State University in Lincoln Parish.

He began his career with the Louisiana branch of the American Farm Bureau Federation and subsequently became the assistant secretary of agribusiness for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. In 1981, he became the warden of the Dixon Correctional Institute. After fourteen years there, he was elevated to warden of the state penitentiary. After accepting the job at Angola, he continued to live on the grounds of Dixon. Until 2011, Cain served as the vice chairperson of the Louisiana Civil Service Commission.


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