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The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum security prison, could soon house immigrant detainees for the Trump administration.

Plans call for Angola to reopen an unused wing of the prison and house about 450 immigrants, reports say.

If the plan moves forward, it would save the state the cost of building a new facility similar to Florida’s "Alligator Alcatraz," which can house up to 3,000 inmates in the Florida Everglades.

The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with Louisiana officials to send immigrant detainees to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum security prison.

According to Nola.com , the immigrants would be housed in an unused wing that was closed in 2018 because of safety concerns, p

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