Angola sits on the grounds of a former slave plantation and is notorious for violating incarcerated people’s rights.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is incarcerating immigrants at Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola, Gov. Jeff Landry ® and Trump administration officials announced Wednesday. Fifty-one immigrants are currently incarcerated at Angola, in a solitary confinement unit once dubbed the “Dungeon.” Officials closed the unit in 2018, but over the summer…

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