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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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. — 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.

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 ...

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 ...

Each year, the Louisiana State Penitentiary holds its Angola Prison Rodeo, which has been hosted annually since 1965. The rodeo features inmates who have volunteered to compete in events, as well as a ...

The Trump administration is sending immigrants to Louisiana's Angola prison following the closure of a Florida detention center. Gov. Jeff Landry said a renovated wing of the maximum-security prison ...

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 ...