Warden Burl Cain of the Louisiana State Penitentiary has one guard he’s particularly proud to have at his prison: a 400-pound black bear. He considers it the same as “having another guard at no cost the taxpayer,” disregarding the fact that it’s a wild animal that could easily kill any of its human keepers! The bear was only recently found by an inmate crossing a road in the prison, an inhabitant of the 5 1/2 pine woods within the facility. The maximum security prison covers 28-square-miles, so prisoners probably aren’t too worried about fighting a black bear. Fighting a guy named “Bear” is probably more likely!

The prison doesn’t just have black bears, but a wide assortment of delicious animals:

The prison, known as Angola, is isolated and has plenty of other kinds of dangerous wildlife, including alligators, rattlesnakes and wild pigs, Young said. The last recorded escape was nearly three years ago, and the inmate was quickly recaptured before leaving the grounds.

All jokes aside, the black bear probably isn’t that much of an escape deterrent. According to the manager of the Large Carnivore Program for the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries office says that bears are “actually very shy” and tend to run and hide from people. We guess the bear is “barely” a deterrent.

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