male inmates from all parishes enter the doc system through the hunt reception and diagnostic center (hrdc) at elayn hunt correctional center. prior to the 2010 redesignation of forcht-wade correctional center as a substance abuse facility, male inmates from northern parishes entered the doc system through the wade reception and diagnostic center (wrdc) at martin l. forcht, jr., clinical treatment unit, which was a satellite of david wade correctional center. male inmates from southern parishes entered the doc system through the hrdc. male death row inmates are transferred directly from their parish of sentencing to the louisiana state penitentiary (angola). male inmates who have over 30 years to their earliest possible release dates and male inmates sentenced to life in prison typically are assigned to the louisiana state penitentiary. some young inmates with life sentences go to wade correctional center.