ICE To Use Notorious Angola Prison As Detention Site Amid 80,000-Bed Expansion

USA TODAY reports the Trump administration plans to convert Louisiana’s Angola maximum-security prison into an ICE detention site, part of a broader, well-funded capacity surge. DHS and DOJ leaders are touring the 6,300-bed facility with Gov. Jeff Landry as ICE pursues tens of thousands of additional beds, including on military bases, after a $45B funding boost. Advocates cite Angola’s history and recent litigation over forced labor and extreme heat to challenge the use of a punitive setting for civil detention.