Louisiana Lockup is replacing Forida's Alligator Alcatraz as President Trump sends immigrants to the state's notorious Angola prison as part of the president's deportation escalation. Alligator ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Governor Jeff Landry and members of the Trump administration unveiled a new ICE detention facility inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The refurbished section, ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - On Wednesday (Sept. 3), Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem toured a formerly unused section of Angola Prison ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters at a Sept. 3, 2025, news conference at Louisiana State Penitentiary. She was joined by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, ...

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The Angola Prison Rodeo, where inmates compete in different classic cowboy events, is set for several dates in October.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles are parked outside of Camp 57 in Angola, Louisiana, on Sep. 3, 2025. The vehicles were set up behind a podium for the announcement of the camp, also known ...

In his second term, President Donald Trump has searched far and wide for a fearsome prison to call his own. He sent immigrant detainees to the Guantánamo Bay Navy base in early February and floated ...

ANGOLA, La. — A section of Louisiana’s most notorious prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, has a new name and purpose. The former "Camp J" is now called "Louisiana Lockup," a U.S.

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of ...

ANGOLA, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - A section of the Louisiana State Penitentiary undergoing emergency repairs is being used to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, Gov. Jeff Landry ...