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Trump administration to expand ICE detention into notorious Angola prison

Louisiana has supported federal immigration enforcement for years and has the second-highest number of ICE detention centers outside Texas.

The New York Times · 3h

ICE Opens Immigrant Detention Center in Notorious Louisiana Prison

Critics are questioning the decision to hold immigrants at the maximum-security facility known as Angola, which has a troubled history.

KALB on MSN · 1h

ICE detainees being housed at Louisiana’s Angola prison

Aside from its state penitentiary, Louisiana has become a go-to location for the Trump administration since it placed a heightened emphasis on immigration enforcement in January. The state’s nine ICE processing and detentions centers have a combined capacity of 6,000 people, second only to Texas with more than 28,000.

16mon MSN

A notorious Louisiana prison was chosen for immigrant detainees to urge self-deportation, Noem says

Federal authorities say they've deliberately chosen a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to ...

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Landry to announce plan to hold federal immigration detainees at Angola

Gov. Jeff Landry will join federal officials Wednesday at Angola Prison to announce a new ICE facility as part of expanded ...

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This 45-year-old case explains the “Jim Crow juries” that still haunt Louisiana

When a source first told me about the case of Lloyd Gray in late 2024, I jotted down these notes: two Black jurors, a ...

NOLA.com3h

See inside new 'Louisiana Lockup,' the ICE facility at Angola Gov. Jeff Landry announced

Gov. Jeff Landry and top leaders in President Donald Trump's administration unveiled Wednesday a new ICE detention center on ...

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Immigrant detainees could be sent to notorious Louisiana prison soon ...

The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with Louisiana officials to send immigrant detainees to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum security prison.

The Advocate10h

Gov. Jeff Landry, Trump officials unveil 'Louisiana Lockup,' an ICE detention center at Angola

Flanked by several top leaders of President Donald Trump's administration, Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday unveiled plans to ...

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