Governor Jeff Landry, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Krisi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi will announce this afternoon that the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola will house ICE detainees. Louisiana Illuminator Editor Greg LaRose says the ICE detainees will be housed at Camp J.
“According to the governor’s office, this will be for the worst of the worst ICE arrestees. This Camp J, at one time, was a maximum-security facility,” LaRose explained.
Camp J was once known as the Dungeon, because inmates with disciplinary issues would be held there in solitary confinement. It has been closed since 2018. However, LaRose says in late July the governor declared a state of emergency so expediated repairs can be done at Camp J.
“Prior to 2018, Camp J held about 400 incarcerated persons. We don’t know if, in this remodeling, that capacity is changed,” LaRose said.
Louisiana has nine ICE processing and detention centers, and LaRose says Louisiana has become a go-to location for the Trump administration since it placed a heightened emphasis on immigration enforcement.
“Knowing that judges here are more likely to rule in their favor in terms of expedited deportations, extended hold times,” LaRose said.
