Department of Homeland Security opens new detention facility at infamous Louisiana prison

Trump administration officials on Wednesday confirmed that the newest migrant detention center will be at the notorious Angola prison in Louisiana, which the state's governor said will hold the "worst of the worst" illegal migrants.

The new facility comes after the administration announced detention centers in Nebraska, Indiana and Florida. Federal officials in Florida have been ordered to halt construction of its "Alligator Alcatraz" because it violated environmental laws. 

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters that the new location was chosen because of the facility's "legendary" reputation, known for being strict, and in hopes of deterring illegal migrants from breaking the law.

“If you come into this country and you victimize someone, if you take away their child forever, if you traffic drugs and kill our next generation of Americans, and if you traffic our children and men and women, absolutely there’s consequences,” Noem said in a news conference. “You’re going to end up here.”

The Louisiana facility, dubbed "Louisiana Lockup," will house 400 illegal migrants and federal officials have already sent 51 migrants to the location. Angola is considered the largest maximum-security prison in the United States and is known for being one of the harshest. The prison was built on the grounds of an 18,000 acre cotton plantation, per Politico.

“This facility is designed to hold criminal illegal aliens, the worst of the worst,” Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry said. “If you don’t think that they belong in somewhere like this, you got a problem.”

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.